title: The Devil in Modern Philosophy
author:  Ernest Gellner 
description: The essays in this volume gather together Gellner's thinking on the connection between philosophy and life and they approach the topic from a number of directions: philosophy of morals, history of ideas, a discussion of individuals including R. G. Collingwood, Noam Chomsky, Piaget and Eysenck and discussions on the setting of philosophy in the general culture of England and America.
zlib_text: Musings of an Unpopular Philosopher v. 18.10, www.philaletheians.co.uk, 23 April 2018 
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  Train of thoughts 
  On Lucifer, the London periodical launched by Madame Blavatsky in 
  1887 
  Radiant beam destroying the lethal darkness of night 
  Ever Onward. 
  4 
  In our days of iconoclasm and prosaic realism he is no philosopher — not even an 
  “unpopular” one — who dabbles in things unseen. 
  4 
  The Verdict of Posterity. 
  4 
  Our historians are the sons and descendants of those patristic biographers who made 
  of the Emperor Julian an apostate, and of Constantine a Saint. 
  4 
  Our “Morning Star.” 
  5 
  A Wicked Charge. 
  5 
  “Lucifer” reviews and preaches modern, not ancient ethics, and metaphysical against 
  materialistic philosophy. 
  5 
  The Age of Ovid or Hosea? 
  6 
  Then and Now.