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Stapelia Mixta

By Dr. Mises, Erik Butler (Introduction)
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By Dr. Mises, Erik Butler (Introduction)
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A compilation of 16 rigorous, eccentric essays commissioned by the German founder of psychophysics

The original 1824 German publication of Stapelia Mixta united a bevy of eccentric proposals, meditations and displays of consciously excessive learning that strove for an unusual clarity of absurdity, which was the hallmark of the pseudonymous author Dr. Mises. Aiming for a broader reading audience, it was titled after a flower, but one of such a stench as to guarantee originality. And such wa...

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