Philosopher's holiday / Irwin Edman
1943, Second Edition. New York : Penguin Books, Inc. Very good paperback copy; edges slightly dust-toned and nicked. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Item #401200
Physical description; 243 pages ; 16 cm. Notes; "First published in November 1938." Contents; Apology for not writing an autobiography -- M. Platon -- Coteries of the mind -- The sailor and the life of the spirit -- An Irishman among the Brahmins -- Love observed in Luxembourg -- For the love of music -- Soliloquy in Agrigento -- Colloquy in Selinunte -- The author is mistaken for an English poet in Corinth -- Encounter with a Nazi -- Former students -- Former teachers -- Philosophers without portfolio -- Little older New York -- Syrian sophomores -- Maria prepares luncheon for the priest -- Same englishmen -- Intimations of philosophy in early childhood -- Fashions in ideas -- The bomb and the ivory tower. Subjects; Edman, Irwin 1896-1954. Philosophers United States 20th century. Philosophers. United States.
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