| Science and Books by J. Bronowski Human Values The Face of Violence Commonsense of Science William Blake: A Man without A Mask : BY J. BRONOWSKI ‘The Poets’ Defence JULIAN MESSNER, INC. NEW YORKPublished by Julian Messner, Inc. 8 West 4o Street, New York 28 Published simultaneously in Canada by The Copp Clark Publishing Co. Limited Copyright © 1956 by J. Bronowski Printed in the United States of America CONTENTS 1 The Creative Mind 2 The Habit of Truth 3 The Sense of Human Dignity 33ILLUSTRATIONS Part 1: Glad Day by William Blake Part 2: Portrait of a Lady with An Ermine by Leonardo Da Vinci Part 3: Old Man Fettered from The First Book of Urizen by William Blake Page 20: Planetary Orbits Embedded in the Regular Solids. Illustration from Kepler’s Mysterium Cosmographicum, 1596 Page 38: The Proportions of the Human Figure After Vitruvius by Leonardo Da Vinci JACKET AND HAL-TITLE PACE DECORATIONS: The Ancient - of Days Striking the First Circle of the Earth by William Blake