Noun
English poet (1612-1680)
English novelist who described a fictitious land he called Erewhon (1835-1902)
Source: WordNetThat was the danger Samuel Butler jestingly prophesied in Erewhon, the danger that the human being might become a means whereby the machine perpetuated itself and extended its dominion. Lewis Mumford
Why does Samuel Butler say, 'Wise men never say what they think of women'? Wise men never say anything else apparently. Virginia Woolf
History of the concept The idea of non-biological self-replicating systems was introduced in Samuel Butler 's article " Darwin Among the Machines " published only a few years after The Origin of Species. Source: Internet
He then cites both Sartor Resartus and Samuel Butler 's The Fair Haven, remarking, however, that "those works suffer under the imperfection that they themselves are books, and not a whit less tautological than the others. Source: Internet
Samuel Butler ) The most detailed and most familiar version is in Virgil's Aeneid, Book II citation (trans. Source: Internet
Nietzsche, Samuel Butler (Erewhon), Marx, Shelley, Blake, Dickens, William Morris, Ruskin, Beethoven and Wagner all had their applications and misapplications. Source: Internet