American philosophy : a love story / John Kaag.

"John Kaag is a dispirited young philosopher at sea in his marriage and his career when he stumbles upon West Wind, a ruin of an estate in the hinterlands of New Hampshire that belonged to the eminent Harvard philosopher William Ernest Hocking. Hocking was one of the last true giants of American phi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Kaag, John, 1979- (Author)
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, [2016]
Edition:	First [edition].
Subjects:	Philosophy, American > Miscellanea. Philosophy, American. PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Pragmatism. BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Philosophers. HISTORY / United States. Trivia and miscellanea. Autobiographies. Biographies.
Genre:	Miscellanea. Trivia and miscellanea. Autobiographies. Biographies.
Physical Description:	x, 259 pages ; 22 cm
Format:	Book

Contents:

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Hell. In a dark wood, a library ; Finding West Wind ; "Pestilence-stricken multitude" ; Fraud and self-reliance ; Walden and frozen lakes
Purgatory. The task of salvation ; Divine madness ; On the mountain ; The will to believe ; Evolutionary love
Redemption. A philosophy of loyalty ; On the steps ; Women in the attic ; I knew a phoenix ; East Wind ; The mystery of being
The cult of the dead.