Project Gutenberg 2017-05-13 Public domain in the USA. 167 Reich, Emil 1854 1910 Reich, E. (Emil) Reych, Emil Reych, E. (Emil) 62002220 Nights with the Gods E-text prepared by Clarity, Graeme Mackreth, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (https://archive.org) "Nights with the Gods" by Emil Reich is a philosophical exploration written in the early 20th century. The work imagines a series of meetings among ancient deities and heroes, who gather at night to discuss contemporary issues and ideas, reflecting on the state of modern society and culture, particularly focusing on England. The narrative blends elements of fiction with profound philosophical inquiries, primarily featuring Aristotle as he shares his experiences with modern scholars and their often humorous and critical takes on history and specialization. The opening of the narrative sets the stage for an assembly of gods, starting with Aristotle recounting his observations of modern academic life during a visit to a university in England. He humorously critiques the obsession with specialization and how modern historians approach knowledge. Through a series of anecdotes, he juxtaposes ancient and modern perspectives, laying bare the absurdities in contemporary scholarship, such as a professor's trivial focus on a specific year in history and the reduction of complex figures to mere constructs. This sets a tone of playful yet critical reflection, inviting readers to consider how enlightenment can be lost amid the complexity and narrow focus of modern intellectual pursuits. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 70.5 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Great Britain -- Civilization DA Text Category: Humour Category: Philosophy & Ethics 419167 2025-06-22T04:11:29.531464 text/html 401541 2024-10-23T02:05:17 text/html 277199 2025-06-22T04:11:35.794948 application/epub+zip 283159 2025-06-22T04:11:30.776491 application/epub+zip 224820 2025-06-22T04:11:30.218482 application/epub+zip 395528 2025-06-22T04:11:39.629012 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 367617 2025-06-22T04:11:35.243953 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 310451 2022-09-24T22:51:12.748450 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 387456 2025-06-22T04:11:28.834473 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 367564 2024-10-23T02:05:17 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16433 2025-06-22T04:11:39.772987 application/rdf+xml 12988 2025-06-22T04:11:30.316440 image/jpeg 1968 2025-06-22T04:11:30.265440 image/jpeg 263062 2025-06-22T04:11:29.580510 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia