Overview :The essays collected in this volume and written between 1959-1980 clearly belong to professional philosophy in both tone and context. Yet th... Read More
Overview :Offers clear and instructive wisdom on how love of life enriches and drives human existence, even in the face of inevitable sadness, loss, a... Read More
Overview :Freedom and Limits is a defense of the value of freedom in the context of human finitude. A contribution to the American tradition of philos... Read More
Overview :With The Relevance of Philosophy to Life, eminent American philosopher John Lachs reminds us that philosophy is not merely a remote subject ... Read More
Overview :John Lachs, one of American philosophy's most distinguished interpreters, turns to William James, Josiah Royce, Charles S. Peirce, John Dewe... Read More
Overview :Philosopher John Lachs observes that humans today live lives of comfort but also sees that these comfortable lives come at a cost: our incre... Read More
Overview :John Lachs claims that we are surrounded by people who seem to know what is good for us better than we do ourselves. Lachs discusses the joy... Read More
Overview :Leading Harvard philosophy professor William Ernest Hocking (1873-1966), author of 17 books and in his day second only to John Dewey in the ... Read More