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Stressing the Essential - John O'Loughlin
Stressing the Essential
John O'Loughlin
This edition of Stressing the Essential first published 2011 and republished 2021 in a revised format by John O'Loughlin (of Centretruths) in association with Lulu
Copyright © 2011, 2021 John O'Loughlin
All rights reserved. No part of this eBook may be reproduced in any form or by any means without the prior written permission of the author/publisher
ISBN: 978-1-4466-4962-6
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CONTENTS
Preface
The Trinity
Evolution
No God
The Leaders
The People
Man
Transcendental Man
The Superman
The Superbeing
Spiritual Globes
Stressing the Essential
Why the State Withers
Making More Equal
Post-Atomic
Points 1–10
Evolutionary Pressures
The Higher Poet
Electron Freedom
Either/Or
Self-Judgement
The Ultimate Essence
Bright and Dark
More God than Man
Synthesized Voice
Dispelling a Futuristic Myth
Biographical Footnote
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PREFACE
This modest collection of twenty-five mainly philosophical poems, written during 1982, should confirm, more than anything, that I had considerably deepened my approach to and concept of poetry since Dosshouse Blues (1973–4), and the result may not prove displeasing to anyone who would prefer to see me – as I myself do – primarily as a philosopher (albeit a self-taught one) who occasionally dabbles in other things, poetry not excepted. Doubtless the fact that I am an Irish citizen who, brought over to England as a young boy in consequence of parental incompatibility, has spent the greater part of his life in exile from his native country ... has something to do with this paradoxical state-of-affairs, since one is often exposed to contrary influences and