Colin Wilson is an English philosopher who has authored, co-authored and edited 114 books. He has written both fiction and non-fiction. I have read about a dozen of them.<\/p>\n
He quit school at the age of 16. He worked in factories and various occupations. In his spare time he read books. He was first published at the age of 24. His first book, The Outsider, examines the role of the social “outsider” in seminal works of various key literary and cultural figures.<\/p>\n
His fiction includes both murder mysteries and science fiction. His non-fiction included philosophical works and works about serial killers.<\/p>\n
His philosophy was a positive existentialism as opposed to the existentialism of Sarte and Camus. He was very much influenced by the psychology of Maslow.<\/p>\n
Colin Wilson is my hero because, like me, he had a passion for reading, and unlike me, he retained the knowledge and wisdom.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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