Top 6 Quotes by Edgar Saltus

Skepticism is history's bedfellow.

History, Skepticism, Bedfellows

[T]he progress of civilization corresponds with the spread of general nausea.

Civilization, Progress, Nausea

Edgar Saltus (1970). “The Philosophy of Disenchantment”

I think our lives are surely but the dreams Of spirits, dwelling in the distant spheres, Who as we die, do one by one awake.

Edgar Saltus

Dream, Thinking, Dwelling

Edgar Saltus (1906). “Vanity Square: A Story of Fifth Avenue Life”

I wrote The Philosophy of Disenchantment, which is, I think, the gloomiest and worst book ever published. Out of sheer laziness, I then produced a history of atheism, The Anatomy of Negation, which has been honored by international dislike. Need I state that of all my children it is the one that I prefer?

Edgar Saltus

Children, Philosophy, Book