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The New Patricians

An Essay on Values and Consciousness

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  • © 1998

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Authors:
  1. R. W. K. Paterson

    1. University of Hull, UK

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-v
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  2. Patricians and Plebeians

    • R. W. K. Paterson
    Pages 1-15

  3. The Plebeianization of Reality

    • R. W. K. Paterson
    Pages 16-46

  4. The Dwellers Elsewhere

    • R. W. K. Paterson
    Pages 47-83

  5. Battlegrounds

    • R. W. K. Paterson
    Pages 84-121

  6. Victors

    • R. W. K. Paterson
    Pages 122-150

  7. The New Patricians

    • R. W. K. Paterson
    Pages 151-165

  8. Back Matter

    Pages 166-168
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This book expounds values which the author styles 'patrician'. It is also a critique of distinctively 'plebeian' attitudes. These two terms refer to beliefs and responses which any individual may evince, regardless of social class. The main issues in life are within our own consciousness, not in the external world. Our experiences are fraught with symbolisms, noble and ignoble, which our free imagination can reveal and our choices select, in our endeavours to create a successful human identity.

Authors and Affiliations

  • University of Hull, UK

    R. W. K. Paterson

About the author

R.W.K. PATERSON is a former Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Hull, where he taught in the departments of adult education and then philosophy for a total of 32 years. His previous publications are The Nihilistic Egoist: Max Stirner, Values, Education, and the Adult and Philosophy and the Belief in a Life After Death. He has also published many articles and reviews in philosophical and educational journals.

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