Collected Essays

507 Pages·1973·14.637 MB·English

by  George Lichtheim

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Acknowledgmiesmn atd et ot hef ollowpiunbgl ications
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THE ESSAYASND REVIEWS assmebleidn t hisv olumwee rew ritten
andp ublishoevde arp erioodft wod ecad.Ie tsa pperast om et hat
therye fleccetr tauindne rlyicnongce rnsw hich hanvoeta ltered
witthh ep assionfgti me,b utt hej udgemntm ustb el efttot he
readeTrh.eb ookis n ota critiacnatlh oyl,on gor iitas n a ttempt
top uta particvuileaworp inatc orssT.h eriesh evaye mphasoins
politictaolp ibcust n o haedrentcoea nythitnhgac to ulbde d e­
srcibeadsa partyli neT.h eraer el ikieesw sporadaitct empttos
deal wliitthe raanrdyp hilohsiocpamla ttearlst hough tnhoet in
usuaalc ademmiacn neOrn.b alantchee riesa gradusahiflt f rom
politicatlos ociologsiucbeajclt bsu,tI s houlsdt atthea atl,t hough
I am heaviliyn debtteodc ontemporsaorcyi oyl,o amgI nota
trainesdoi cologniosrt p ar ofesshiiosntaolir inta hnec onveonntail
meanionfgt het erm.
Some otfh e opineixopernsss edt hei vna rioeusassy sa ndr e­
viewtsh amta keu p thev olummea ys rtikteh er eadearso ld­
fashioannedd 1,a m inf acmto reh eaivliyn debtteotd h ep hilos­
ophyh,i tsorya,n ds oicoloogfyt hen ineteecnetnhrt yut hani s
cusotmarya mongp reesnt-dwaryi teornst hesteo picIs h.a ve
brougthogte thmerat erioaftl h em ostv arisedha peasn d lsetsy,
buta ll dweiatlih s sutehsa Ith appetnor egaradsc entratl ot he
presetinmte .I trustI havel earnesdo mtehinfgr omm odem
scholarsahnidpf romt hel iteurraeot ft hep asfto udre cadbeust,
my institnicvsey mpathliieew si tth her epreentsativteh inkoefr s
the atgheae tn deidn i 914.
Thifso reword woulcdo mnpolteif t bIee dniodt a cknowledge
thew ork ElisSaibfteotnh hast ord eonndee r mattheer :fiitaf lo r
publicaitnbi ooonfk o rm.
GEORGLEI CHTHEIM
London
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