Youth and Egolatry

Youth and Egolatry

Pío Baroja

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Po Baroja y Nessi (1872 1956) was a Spanish Basque writer and a novelist of the Generation of 98. Baroja was trained as a physician, managed the family bakery and twice ran unsuccessfully for the Spanish parliament. As a young man Baroja believed in anarchistic ideals. He later would derive into a simple admiration of men of action. His view of life was pessimistic. He was in disfavor with Catholic and traditional thinkers. During the Spanish Civil War of 1936-39 he was often in danger. In the 1890s Spain was awakening to reform. The monarchy was trying to balance between too much reform and not enough. The people wanted social change and equality. Novelists, poets and essayists appeared who had never been heard of before full of exciting ideas from other lands and of their own. Out of this tumultuous time came new writers with exciting new works. Baroja was one of these. Youth and Egolatry was translated from the Spanish by Jacob S. Fassett Jr. and Frances L. Phillips. The volume contains essays of an autobiographical nature.

Youth and Egolatry Chapter 1 FUNDAMENTAL IDEAS

The bad man of Itzea

Humble and a wanderer

Dogmatophagy

Ignoramus, Ignorabimus

Nevertheless, we call ourselves materialists

In defense of religion

Arch-European

Dionysus or Apollonian

Epicuri de grege porcum

Evil and Rousseau's Chinaman

The root of disinterested evil

Music as a sedative

Concerning Wagner

Universal musicians

The folk song

On the optimism of eunuchs

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“Po Baroja y Nessi (1872 1956) was a Spanish Basque writer and a novelist of the Generation of 98. Baroja was trained as a physician, managed the family bakery and twice ran unsuccessfully for the Spanish parliament. As a young man Baroja believed in anarchistic ideals. He later would derive into a simple admiration of men of action. His view of life was pessimistic. He was in disfavor with Catholic and traditional thinkers. During the Spanish Civil War of 1936-39 he was often in danger. In the 1890s Spain was awakening to reform. The monarchy was trying to balance between too much reform and not enough. The people wanted social change and equality. Novelists, poets and essayists appeared who had never been heard of before full of exciting ideas from other lands and of their own. Out of this tumultuous time came new writers with exciting new works. Baroja was one of these. Youth and Egolatry was translated from the Spanish by Jacob S. Fassett Jr. and Frances L. Phillips. The volume contains essays of an autobiographical nature.”
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Chapter 1 FUNDAMENTAL IDEAS

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Chapter 2 MYSELF, THE WRITER

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Chapter 3 THE EXTRARADIUS

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Chapter 4 ADMIRATIONS AND INCOMPATIBILITIES

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Chapter 5 THE PHILOSOPHERS

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Chapter 6 THE HISTORIANS

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Chapter 7 MY FAMILY

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Chapter 8 MEMORIES OF CHILDHOOD

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Chapter 9 AS A STUDENT

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Chapter 10 AS A VILLAGE DOCTOR

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Chapter 11 AS A BAKER

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Chapter 12 AS A WRITER

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Chapter 13 PARISIAN DAYS

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Chapter 14 LITERARY ENMITIES

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Chapter 15 THE PRESS

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Chapter 16 POLITICS

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Chapter 17 FUNDAMENTAL IDEAS No.17

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Chapter 18 MYSELF, THE WRITER No.18

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Chapter 19 THE EXTRARADIUS No.19

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Chapter 20 ADMIRATIONS AND INCOMPATIBILITIES No.20

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Chapter 21 THE PHILOSOPHERS No.21

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Chapter 22 THE HISTORIANS No.22

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Chapter 23 MY FAMILY No.23

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Chapter 24 MEMORIES OF CHILDHOOD No.24

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Chapter 25 AS A STUDENT No.25

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Chapter 26 AS A VILLAGE DOCTOR No.26

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Chapter 27 AS A BAKER No.27

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Chapter 28 AS A WRITER No.28

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Chapter 29 PARISIAN DAYS No.29

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Chapter 30 LITERARY ENMITIES No.30

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Chapter 31 THE PRESS No.31

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Chapter 32 POLITICS No.32

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Chapter 33 MILITARY GLORY

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