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This title in other formats:Lives of the Mindby Roger Kimball
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments: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 Book News Annotation:Kimball, managing editor of The New Criterion and an art critic,
says he has assembled in part the scrapbook of an intellectual
pathologist. The heros outnumber the villains, however, as he
demonstrates that intelligence, like fire, can be a force for good or
evil.
Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) Synopsis:One of our most astute cultural critics offers a delicious study of genius--and psuedo-genius--at work, and shows how intelligence can be used and abused. What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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