Lives of the Mind

Mr. Kimball, one of the best of our cultural critics, offers a lively and penetrating study of genius—and pseudo-genius—at work, and investigates the use and abuse of intelligence. Drawing on figures as various as Plutarch and Hegel, Kierkegaard and P.G. Wodehouse, Elias Canetti and Anthony Trollope, he provides a sharply observed tour of Western intellectual and artistic aspiration. "A master of the genre, as collections of his pieces attest, none more impressively than this set."–Booklist Starred Review.
ISBN10: 1566634792
ISBN13: 9781566634793
Number Of Pages: 384
Publication Date: 20020906
Publisher: National Book Network
Binding: Hardback
SKU: 9781566634793
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