Briefly noted: This essay by Gertrude Himmelfarb on Lionel Trilling contains a useful implicit definition:
He was not a “public intellectual” in our present sense, commenting on whatever made the headlines.
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Briefly noted: This essay by Gertrude Himmelfarb on Lionel Trilling contains a useful implicit definition:
He was not a “public intellectual” in our present sense, commenting on whatever made the headlines.
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Glad to see that you’re back to posting. I’d be very interested to know your take on the mind-body problem. It occupied my attention on Dr. Vallicella’s blog for a while. Now, I’m back to teaching, so I don’t have time to devote to it.
Cheers,
Kevin
Posted 11 Jul 2005 at 7:23 pm ¶I doubt any public intellectual since, oh, Pascal has been able to so insulate himself as to not comment on the headlines. I don’t believe Trilling was that autistic.
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