George Bernard Shaw, his life and works; a critical biography (authorized) . nhis own impulses from himself in this way, finds the picture asunnatural as Carlyles suggested painting of Parliament sit-ting without its clothes. It is this unmasking of all the ideals, this shattering of allthe illusions, this demolition of the romantic cast of life whichmakes Shaw appear as a cynic, representing human creaturesas frauds, impostors, poseurs, cads, bounders, hypocrites andhumbugs. It is difficult to convince some people, especiallywomen, that Shaw is not a cynic and pessimist. Like Schopen-hauer, S
George Bernard Shaw, his life and works; a critical biography (authorized) . nhis own impulses from himself in this way, finds the picture asunnatural as Carlyles suggested painting of Parliament sit-ting without its clothes. It is this unmasking of all the ideals, this shattering of allthe illusions, this demolition of the romantic cast of life whichmakes Shaw appear as a cynic, representing human creaturesas frauds, impostors, poseurs, cads, bounders, hypocrites andhumbugs. It is difficult to convince some people, especiallywomen, that Shaw is not a cynic and pessimist. Like Schopen-hauer, Shaw is a pure metaphysiologist. It is the inevitableresult of his disbelief in the validity of custom-made moralitythat he should appear as a cynic, and the characters of hisplays as frauds and shams. But he has deliberately averred: It is not my object in the least to represent people as hypo-crites and humbugs. It is conceit, not hypocrisy, that makesa man think he is guided by reasoned principles when he isreally obeying his instincts. And in explaining his view of 474. Prince Taul Troubet [Courtesy of the fieulpto A PLASTER BUS! OF SHAW. Made in forty minutes. [Facing ARTIST AND PHILOSOPHER the world-comedy, he has shown that, as a dramatist, he pre-tends to be, not the historian, but the naturalist of his age. It is this premature search for a meaning that pro-duces the comedy. We are not within a million years, asyet, of being concerned with the meaning of the do we recognize that philosophy is not a babysbusiness, although its facial expression so strongly sug-gests the professional philosopher? Because we know thatall its mental energy is absorbed by the struggle to attainordinary physical consciousness. It is learning to inter-pret the sensations of its eyes and ears and nose andtongue and finger-tips. It is ridiculously delighted by asilly toy, absurdly terrified by a harmless bogey, becauseit cannot as yet see things as they really are. Well, weare all stil
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