Youth and Egolatry
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Youth and Egolatry
By PÍO BAROJA
Translated from the Spanish By Jacob S. Fassett, Jr. and Frances L. Phillips
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
To my readers thirty years hence Youthful writings The beginning and end of the journey Mellowness and the critical sense Sensibility On devouring one's own God Anarchism New paths Longing for change Baroja, you will never amount to anything (A Refrain) The patriotism of desire My home lands Cruelty and stupidity The anterior image The tragi-comedy of sex The veils of the sexual life A little talk The sovereign crowd The remedy
Rhetoric and anti-rhetoric The rhythm of style Rhetoric of the minor key The value of my ideas Genius and admiration My literary and artistic inclinations My library On being a gentleman Giving offence Thirst for glory Elective antipathies To a member of several academies
Cervantes, Shakespeare, Molière The encyclopedists The romanticists The naturalists The Spanish realists The Russians The critics
The Roman historians Modern and contemporary historians
Family mythology Our History
San Sebastian My parents Monsignor Two lunatics The hawk In Madrid In Pamplona Don Tirso Larequi A visionary rowdy Sarasate Robinson Crusoe and the Mysterious Island
Pío Baroja
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION BY H. L. MENCKEN
PROLOGUE
INTRODUCTION
PROLOGUE
EGOTISM
I
HUMBLE AND A WANDERER
DOGMATOPHAGY
NEVERTHELESS, WE CALL OURSELVES MATERIALISTS
IN DEFENSE OF RELIGION
ARCH-EUROPEAN
DIONYSIAN 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
II
YOUTHFUL WRITINGS
THE BEGINNING AND END OF THE JOURNEY
MELLOWNESS AND THE CRITICAL SENSE
SENSIBILITY
ON DEVOURING ONE'S OWN GOD
ANARCHISM
NEW PATHS
LONGING FOR CHANGE
BAROJA, YOU WILL NEVER AMOUNT TO ANYTHING
THE PATRIOTISM OF DESIRE
MY HOME LANDS
CRUELTY AND STUPIDITY
THE ANTERIOR IMAGE
THE TRAGI-COMEDY OF SEX
THE VEILS OF THE SEXUAL LIFE
A LITTLE TALK
UPON THE SUPPOSED MORALITY OF MARRIAGE
THE SOVEREIGN CROWD
THE REMEDY
III
RHETORIC AND ANTI-RHETORIC
THE RHYTHM OF STYLE
RHETORIC OF THE MINOR KEY
THE VALUE OF MY IDEAS
GENIUS AND ADMIRATION
MY LITERARY AND ARTISTIC INCLINATIONS
MY LIBRARY
ON BEING A GENTLEMAN
GIVING OFFENCE
THIRST FOR GLORY
ELECTIVE ANTIPATHIES
TO A MEMBER OF SEVERAL ACADEMIES
IV
CERVANTES, SHAKESPEARE, MOLIÈRE
THE ENCYCLOPEDISTS
THE ROMANTICISTS
THE NATURALISTS
THE SPANISH REALISTS
THE RUSSIANS
THE CRITICS
V
VI
THE ROMAN HISTORIANS
MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY HISTORIANS
VII
OUR HISTORY
VIII
MY PARENTS
MONSIGNOR, THE CAT
TWO LUNATICS
THE HAWK
IN MADRID
IN PAMPLONA
DON TIRSO LAREQUI
A VISIONARY ROWDY
SARASATE
ROBINSON CRUSOE AND THE MYSTERIOUS ISLAND
IX
PROFESSORS
ANTI-MILITARISM
TO VALENCIA
X
DOLORES, LA SACRISTANA
XI
MY FATHER'S DISILLUSIONMENT
INDUSTRY AND DEMOCRACY
THE VEXATIONS OF A SMALL TRADESMAN
XII
BOHEMIA
OUR OWN GENERATION
AZORÍN
PAUL SCHMITZ
ORTEGA Y GASSET
A PSEUDO-PATRON
XIII
ESTÉVANEZ
MY VERSATILITY ACCORDING TO BONAFOUX
XIV
THE ENMITY OF DICENTA
THE POSTHUMOUS ENMITY OF SAWA
SEMI-HATRED ON THE PART OF SILVERIO LANZA
XV
AMERICANS
XVI
VOTES AND APPLAUSE
POLITICIANS
REVOLUTIONISTS
LERROUX
AN OFFER
SOCIALISTS
LOVE OF THE WORKINGMAN
THE CONVENTIONALIST BARRIOVERO
ANARCHISTS
THE MORALITY OF THE ALTERNATING PARTY SYSTEM
ON OBEYING THE LAW
THE STERNNESS OF THE LAW
XVII
THE OLD-TIME SOLDIER
DOWN GOES PRESTIGE
SCIENCE AND THE PICTURESQUE
WHAT WE NEED TODAY
OUR ARMIES
EPILOGUE
PALINODE AND FRESH OUTBURST OF IRE
APPENDICES
SPANISH POLITICIANS
ON BAROJA'S ANARCHISTS
NOTE
SPANISH POLITICIANS
ON BAROJA'S ANARCHISTS
NOTE
THE WORKS OF PÍO BAROJA