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Studies in Intellectual History

George Boas

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Originally published in 1953. In this collection of essays, prominent midcentury intellectual historians provide critical essays on their field of specialty. Studies in Intellectual History gathers work by Harold Cherniss, George Boas, Ludwig Edelstein, Leo Spitzer, and others.

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9
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236
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9781421436548
Table of Contents

Chapter 1. Some Problems of Intellectual History
Chapter 2. The History of Ideas and Ancient Greek Philosophy
Chapter 3. The Golden Chain of Homer
Chapter 4. Language -The Basis of Science, Philosophy

Chapter 1. Some Problems of Intellectual History
Chapter 2. The History of Ideas and Ancient Greek Philosophy
Chapter 3. The Golden Chain of Homer
Chapter 4. Language -The Basis of Science, Philosophy, and Poetry
Chapter 5. Progress and Perfectibility in Samuel Miller's Intellectual History
Chapter 6. An Historical Analysis of the Concept of Infection
Chapter 7. The Long Neglect of a Scientific Discovery: Mendel's Laws of Inheritance
Chapter 8. Lovejoy's Role in American Philosophy
Chapter 9. The History of Ideas Club
Appendix A. Officers of the History of Ideas Club
Appendix B. Speakers and their Topics, 1923-1952
Index

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George Boas

Born in 1891 in Providence, Rhode Island, George Boas taught for many years at Johns Hopkins and was editor of the Journal of the History of Ideas from 1945 until his death in 1980. He authored 24 books, including The Major Traditions of English Philosophy, The Greek Tradition: A Symposium, Rationalism in Greek Philosophy, The Limits of Reason, and The History of Ideas: An Introduction.