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The independent mind; essays of a humanist philosopher.

Author: Corliss Lamont
Publisher: New York, Horizon Press, 1951.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Lamont, Corliss, 1902-1995.
Independent mind.
New York, Horizon Press, 1951
(OCoLC)609082333
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Corliss Lamont
OCLC Number: 185347
Description: 187 p. 21 cm.
Contents: 1. Civil liberties and politics: The independent mind --
Back to the Bill of Rights --
The crisis in civil liberties --
A program for progressives --
The motivations of dissenters --
2. The philosophy of humanism: The humanist way of life --
A humanist cosmology or metaphysics --
Equivocation on religious issues --
Humanizing religious experience --
Three humanist readings --
The appreciation of nature --
The Palisades of the Hudson --
A humanist view of marriage --
A summing up of humanism --
3. International relations: Wars are not inevitable --
Common sense and Soviet Russia --
The myth of a national emergency --
The myth of Soviet aggression --
The myth of "the free world" --
What would a third world war achieve? --
4. Impressions of mid-century Europe: Britain's Labor government --
The delights of England --
Scotland and Brittany --
French neutrality --
Geneva and Grindelwald --
Pilgrimage to Rome --
5. The comedy of life: Crank letters --
Columnists --
Philosophy --
Lecturing --
Mistaken identity --
The Battle of Squibnocket Beach.

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