Genius - In Their Own Words : The Intellectual Journeys of Seven Great 20th-Century Thinkers

by Steele, David Ramsay; Mommer, Kerri

• ISBN13: 9780812695038
• ISBN10: 0812695038
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-10-01
• Publisher: Pgw

Summary

The violent cataclysms and ideological upheavals of the last 100 years are uniquely captured in this compelling mosaic of personal testimonies from outstanding thinkers: these autobiographical accounts by seven of the most profound and influential minds of recent history are individual voices, highly contrasted in manner and message. Taken together, they give us a remarkable perspective on the ruling ideas of our epoch.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. vii
Introduction	p. ix
Bertrand Russell "Not the starry heavens, but their effects on human percipients, have excellence."	p. 3
Albert Einstein "All concepts are freely chosen posits."	p. 21
Martin Buber "The human means the taking place of that meaning which is latent in the being of the world."	p. 61
Sarvepapalli Radhakrishnan "No man ... can ever really be saved until all the others are saved."	p. 97
Hans-Georg Gadamer "Question and answer play back and forth between the text and its interpreter."	p. 173
Jean-Paul Sartre "To me, philosophy is everything. It is the way one lives."	p. 241
A.J. Ayer "That would indeed be a shock to common sense."	p. 301
About the Autobiographies	p. 349
Index	p. 353
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