The works of the mind / by Mortimer J. Adler [and others] Ed. for the Committee on Social Thought by Robert B. Heywood; with a pref. by John U. Nef.

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: University of Chicago. Committee on Social Thought
Other Authors: Adler, Mortimer J. (Mortimer Jerome), 1902-2001
Heywood, Robert B., 1918-
Language:English
Published: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [1947]
Subjects:
Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Physical Description:xi, 245 pages : music ; 22 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • The concept of work, by Y.R. Simon
  • Work and the arts: The artist, by Marc Chagall. The sculptor, by Alfeo Faggi. The architect, by F.L. Wright. The musician, by Arnold Schoenberg
  • Work and action: The statesman, by Heinrich Brüning. The legislator, by J.W. Fulbright. The administrator, by R.M. Hutchins
  • Works of thought and scholarship: The scientist, by S. Chandrasekhar. The mathematician, by John von Neumann. The historian, by C.H. McIlwain. The philosopher, by M.J. Adler.