Living philosophies : the reflections of some eminent men and women of our time / edited by Clifton Fadiman.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Fadiman, Clifton, 1904-1999.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Conduct of life.

Local Subjects:

Conduct of life.

Physical Description:

xii, 290 pages : portraits ; 25 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Doubleday, 1990.

Summary:

A collection of original essays by thirty-five men and women contemplating the meaning of life.

Contents:

From: "Living Philosophies? (1931) / Albert Einstein

The face of Gaia / Freeman J. Dyson

Time's winged chariot / John Hersey

The amateur spirit / Daniel J. Boorstin

Toward a fateful serenity / Jacques Barzun

Spero contra spem / Hans Kung

Credo / Arthur C. Clarke

Continuity and change / Elizabeth Longford

Sequence as meaning in life / Norman Cousins

Diversity, change, and amusement / J.K. Galbraith

Respect for life / Jane Goodall

Priest in the world / T.M. Hesburgh

On erosion ; Czeslaw Milosz

Testamentary ruminations / W.F. Buckley, Jr.

Reflections of a non-positive man / Alistair Cooke

My grown-up ears / M.F.K. Fisher

On the dangerous edge / Robertson Davies

Staying the course with honor / S.J. Gould

The umbilical cord / Thor Heyerdahl

Making sense / J.J. Kirkpatrick

Cosmic ventures / Norman Mailer

Why are you a Catholic? / Walker Percy

Golems of the Twentieth century / I.B. Singer

From one generation to another / Elie Wiesel.

Toward an imperfect world / Milovan Djilas

To know the future / B.F. Skinner

What I believe / Stephen Spender

Struck dumb / George Steiner

What I think / Lewis Thomas

My credo / Desmond M. Tutu

An evolutionary philosophy for our time / Jonas Salk

It didn't have to be / Sidney Hook

Confronting O'Brien / Steven Weinsberg

A philosopher looks back and forward / Mortimer Adler

On naturalism / E.O. Wilson

Toward a world community / Abba Eban.

Other Format:

Online version: Living philosophies.

ISBN:

0385248806

9780385248808

OCLC:

20930904