Genius in Their Own Words: The Intellectual Journeys of Seven Great 20th-Century Thinkers
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
Genius in Their Own Words: The Intellectual Journeys of Seven Great 20th-Century Thinkers
By (Author) David Ramsay Steele
Foreword by Arthur C. Danto
Open Court Publishing Co ,U.S.
Open Court Publishing Co ,U.S.
8th July 2002
United States
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
Western philosophy from c 1800
History of ideas
190
Physical Properties
Paperback
464
Width 152mm, Height 228mm
524g
Description
In this book, seven great modern thinkers trace the roots of their contributions to philosophy. Essays include A. J. Ayer on what led to his logical positivist manifesto Language, Truth, and Logic, and Martin Buber on the origins of his view of existence. Other contributors include Bertrand Russell, Albert Einstein, and Jean-Paul Sartre.
Author Bio
David Ramsay Steele is author of From Marx to Mises (1992) and co-author of Three Minute Therapy (1997). Kerri Mommer holds a Ph.D. in Linguistics from Northwestern University.
