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Vicious Circles and Infinity A Panoply of Paradoxes

Hughes, Patrick + George Brecht

Regular price €16,50

“‘There is only one thing that is certain, namely that we can have nothing certain; and therefore it is not certain that we can have nothing certain,’ Samuel Butler said, expressing in that mind-boggler all the elements required to form a classical paradox. Through the ages, wise men and jesters have been intrigued by such twists and riddles which defy common sense and yet appear to be true. If, like Oscar Wilde, you can resist everything except temptation, then this book is irresistible. There is nothing like a paradox to torment and tantalize the mind, to tease the eye and tie you into knots.
This is the first ever anthology of paradoxes. A book of illogic and imagination.”

Collected paradoxes, both visual and textual, with b/w illustrations.

Hard cover in dust jacket, 22,5 x 14,5 cm, 104 pages, London 1976

ISBN: 0-224-01186-3

Slight damage to dust jacket