Lives of the Mind The Use and Abuse of Intelligence from Hegel to Wodehouse
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Biografisk notat
Roger Kimball is managing editor of the New Criterion and an art critic for the London Spectator. His other books include Art's Prospect, Experiments Against Reality, The Long March, and Tenured Radicals. He lives in South Norwalk, Connecticut.<i>Lives of the Mind</i> is a work of generous humanity.
The Weekly Standard
Kimball does a very good job of integrating the lives of his subjects with the development of their ideas.
Choice Reviews
[Kimball] writes with verve and can unpack complex arguments and make them luminously clear….His work…is criticism at its best.
New York Sun
We rely on the true critic to cultivate our intelligence, refine our tastes, and show us the way to higher pleasures. Roger Kimball is just such a critic.
- Mark Miller, The Wall Street Journal
Anyone interested in language, thought, and their sociocultural embeddness will find this a both dynamic and practical book.
Virginia Quarterly
Kimball’s…essays make for bracing and satisfying reading.
- Virgil Nemoianu, Review of Metaphysics
Rich and accessible essays.... Kimball writes with verve...
Sewanee Review