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OverviewAn elucidating biography of one of the most original thinkers of the 20th century Pyotr Demianovich Ouspensky was a complex and romantic soul. A promising young intellectual in Tsarist Russia, he won recognition as a novelist and philosopher, yet descended into self-chosen obscurity as a teacher of 'the Work', the system of his great contemporary Gurdjieff. Today, it is as Gurdjieff's chief disciple that he is remembered, yet Colin Wilson argues convincingly that he is to be considered a major writer and man of genius in his own right. A nostalgic melancholy Russian, on of Ouspensky's deepest instincts was that man can find his own salvation, yet towards the end of his turbulent life he lost faith in the System and drank himself to death. With sympathy and admiration, Colin Wilson throws new light on this gentle man and deep thinker. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Colin WilsonPublisher: Aeon Books Ltd Imprint: Aeon Books Ltd Dimensions: Width: 14.70cm , Height: 0.90cm , Length: 23.00cm Weight: 0.195kg ISBN: 9781904658252ISBN 10: 1904658253 Pages: 144 Publication Date: 31 December 2005 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Temporarily unavailable  The supplier advises that this item is temporarily unavailable. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out to you. Table of ContentsForeword Acknowledgements One - The Dreamer Two - The Romantic Realist Three - The Master Four - Creating 'Man Number Four' Five - Success Six - 'There is no System' Seven - What Went Wrong? IndexReviewsAuthor InformationColin Wilson was born in the East Midlands city of Leicester in 1931. After the phenomenal success of his first book The Outsider in 1956, he moved to Cornwall where he pursued a successful career as a writer, producing over 150 titles in fifty-five years. Essentially an existential philosopher, he has also written on crime, psychology, sex, the occult, literature, music, unexplained phenomena, history, pre-history, and over twenty novels in various genres. He died in December 2013. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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