Saints and Revolutionaries

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Saints and Revolutionaries is a non-fiction work by the writer and philosopher Olaf Stapledon, published by Heinemann in 1939.^[1]

The book was part of the I Believe series, an initiative whereby leading British intellectuals of the day could pursue an argument pertinent to the times. Stapledon's friend Naomi Mitchison also contributed a volume to the series, as did J. D. Beresford, whose 1911 novel The Hampdenshire Wonder was an inspiration for Stapledon's own novel, Odd John.

Overview[edit]

Stapledon's book pursues themes familiar to readers of his science fiction – the universe and humanity's place in it, both personally and as a species. He argues that humanity is undergoing a period of rapid change and that our beliefs, and the nature of belief itself, are changing.

Contents[edit]

1. To-day
2. Saints, and Pacifism
3. Sceptics, and Morality
4. Revolutionaries, and Metaphysics
5. Mainly Speculation

Relation to Stapledon's other works[edit]

To an extent, the themes and preoccupations of Saints and Revolutionaries can be said to be present in most of Stapledon's fiction and philosophy.^{[citation needed]} However, the posthumously-published Nebula Maker is closest in theme, as its two main protagonists embody these two roles.

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