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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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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

Studies in Intellectual History

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      Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 30/03/2020
      ISBN13: 9781421436548, 978-1421436548
      ISBN10: 142143654X

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      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.

      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, 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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