Genius--in Their Own Words: The Intellectual Journeys of Seven Great 20th-century ThinkersDavid Ramsay Steele 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. |
Contents
Not the starry heavens but their effects | 3 |
Albert Einstein | 20 |
3 | 60 |
4 | 76 |
Sarvepapalli Radhakrishnan | 97 |
6 | 203 |
JeanPaul Sartre | 240 |
7 | 301 |
About the Autobiographies | 349 |
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