| Lives of the Mind: The Use and Abuse of Intelligence from Hegel to Wodehouse Contributor(s): Kimball, Roger (Author) |
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ISBN: 1566634792 ISBN-13: 9781566634793 Publisher: Ivan R. Dee Publisher OUR PRICE: $27.50 Product Type: Hardcover Published: September 2002 Annotation: Mr. Kimball, one of the best of our cultural critics, offers a lively and penetrating study of genius--and pseudo-genius--at work, and investigates the use and abuse of intelligence. Drawing on figures as various as Plutarch and Hegel, Kierkegaard and P.G. Wodehouse, Elias Canetti and Anthony Trollope, he provides a sharply observed tour of Western intellectual and artistic aspiration. A master of the genre, as collections of his pieces attest, none more impressively than this set. --Booklist Starred Review |
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| BISAC Categories: - History | Civilization - History | Social History - Philosophy | History & Surveys - General |
| Dewey: 190 |
| LCCN: 2002073681 |
| Physical Information: 1.33" H x 6" W x 8.66" (1.28 lbs) 384 pages |