Pataphysics: The Only Science
Discover the only science beyond metaphysics with our curated guide to Pataphysics. Explore Alfred Jarry's *Exploits & Opinions of Doctor Faustroll* and René Daumal's *The Powers of the Word*. Dive into absurdist philosophy, literary imagination, and the definitive books on pataphysical theory.
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Exploits & Opinions of Doctor Faustroll, Pataphysician
by Alfred Jarry
The singular novel by the legendary author of the play, UBU ROI, is a book that can only be compared to Rabelais or Sterne. FAUSTROLL recounts the adventures of the inventor of PATAPHYSIC, the 'science of imaginary solutions.' Jarry would have found an audience more readily if he had simply written a work of science fiction, a symbolist narrative, a bawdy tale or a spriritual allegory. As it is, FAUSTROLL is all of these at the same time.' - Roger Shattuk'
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The Powers of the Word
by René Daumal
Since his death in 1944, Rene Daumal has come to be recognized as one of the original minds of the twentieth century French letters. Poet, essayist, philosopher and translator, Sanscrit scholar and pupil of Gurdjieff, Daumal was a founder of the...
