Gerald B. Lorentz (7 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

paperback. Condition: Good.

paperback. Condition: New. New Condition, Paperback book.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 424 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.96 inches. In Stock.

Condition: New.

Condition: New. Print on Demand.

First edition. Review copy with slip laid in and still in the original Dorset shipping box. Octavo. 305, [1] pp. Publisher's green cloth, silver spine lettering, original dust jacket. A bit of mottling (likely from being in the shipping box so long) to cloth. An excellent copy."In 1985 this life experience and mental conflagration culminated in the first edition of this, his magnum opus. In it he spells out and elaborates on his unorthodox and social Darwinian view of man. He devastatingly tackles the major human affairs one by one. His dedication is to truth with no consideration for phony morals and political correctness that cause many with socially heretical thoughts to remain quiet. Describing the work he said, ?The essence of this book is an aversion to ignorance and a craving for unlimited knowledge.? Politics, Economics, Law, Religion, Science, Art and Race each successively come under his mental calipers and pliers. Eventually this culminates into a tearing down of the greatest human myth, that of Free Will. Lorentz does not stop at mere conclusions, feigning academic disinterest or fearing disapproval, he firmly submits resolutions. His book was met with little public acclaim, though it did become quite a sought after object by a certain type of thinker" (Underworld Amusements).…