This Simian World
This Simian World, written by Clarence Day in 1920, is a philosophical exploration of humanity's relationship with its simian ancestors. Through a series of discourses by an unnamed narrator and his companion Potter, Day humorously examines human behavior, society, and civilization, drawing parallels with various animal species. The book combines wit and satire to question the implications of our evolutionary past and the inherent flaws in human nature, making it a notable work in American humor and philosophy.
Editions
X-Ray
“Creatures whose mainspring is curiosity enjoy the accumulating of facts far more than the pausing at times to reflect on those facts.””
— Clarence Day
“Dogs have more love than integrity. They've been true to us, yes, but they haven't been true to themselves.””
— Clarence Day
“It is possible that our race may be an accident, in a meaningless universe, living its brief life uncared-for, on this dark, cooling star: but even so -- and all the more -- what marvelous creatures we are! What fairy story, what tale from the Arabian Nights of the jinns, is a hundredth part as wonderful as this true fairy story of simians! It is so much more heartening, too, than the tales we invent. A universe capable of giving birth to many such accidents is -- blind or not -- a good world to live in, a promising universe.””
— Clarence Day
Link to this book
Add a free, dofollow link to Lex on your blog, forum, syllabus, or reading list.
<a href="https://lex-books.com/book/this-simian-world-91eb4e44-8b6e-4ba4-b2c6-e2dcf404d40f"><img src="https://lex-books.com/badges/read-on-lex.svg" alt="Read This Simian World by Clarence Day free on Lex" width="160" height="40"></a>[](https://lex-books.com/book/this-simian-world-91eb4e44-8b6e-4ba4-b2c6-e2dcf404d40f)[url=https://lex-books.com/book/this-simian-world-91eb4e44-8b6e-4ba4-b2c6-e2dcf404d40f][img]https://lex-books.com/badges/read-on-lex.svg[/img][/url]Read This Simian World by Clarence Day free on Lex: https://lex-books.com/book/this-simian-world-91eb4e44-8b6e-4ba4-b2c6-e2dcf404d40fCite this book
Reading this edition for a paper or guide? Copy a citation.
Day, Clarence. This Simian World. Lex, lex-books.com/book/this-simian-world-91eb4e44-8b6e-4ba4-b2c6-e2dcf404d40f.Day, C. (n.d.). This Simian World. Lex. https://lex-books.com/book/this-simian-world-91eb4e44-8b6e-4ba4-b2c6-e2dcf404d40fDay, Clarence. This Simian World. Lex. https://lex-books.com/book/this-simian-world-91eb4e44-8b6e-4ba4-b2c6-e2dcf404d40f.
![Night Watches [complete]](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fd3b2n8gj62qnwr.cloudfront.net%2FCOVERS%2Fgutenberg_covers75k%2Febook-12161.png&w=3840&q=75)
