7 research outputs found

    The structure of lasting peace; an inquiry into the motives of war and peace,

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    Reprinted from the Dial.Mode of access: Internet

    Why religion

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    Mode of access: Internet.1

    Horace Meyer Kallen 1922-1952

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    The papers relate to Kallen's interests in the fields of education, philosophy, Zionism, Jewish affairs, consumerism, co-operative movement, political activism. Correspondence with over 1000 organizations including American Jewish Congress, World Jewish Congress, American Association for Jewish Education, Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America, Julian W. Mack School, Menorah Association, New School for Social Research, President's Commission on Higher Education. About 4,000 individual correspondents including Max Ascoli, Roger Baldwin, Salo W. Baron, Jacob Billikopf, Louis D. Brandeis, Israel S. Chipkin, John Dewey, Felix Frankfurter, Philip R. Goldstein, Sidney Hook, Alvin Johnson, Julian W. Mack, Jerome Nathanson, Edmond de Rothschild, George Santayana, Hans Simon, Louis Sturz, Stephen S. Wise.with folder list, English, 152 pp., typed; alphabetic index of correspondents, subjects and organizations, English, 200 pp., typed.Philosopher, writer, educator. Co-founder of the New School for Social Research, New York, in 1919 and dean of its Graduate Faculty of Political and Social Science, 1944-1946. An early advocate of consumer rights and environmental controls. Active in liberal, educational and Jewish groups. Served on government committees: Presidential Commission on Higher Education, New York City Commission on Inter-group Relations. Born in Bernstadt, Germany. Came to the U.S. in 1887

    Some problems of philosophy; a beginning of an introduction to philosophy,

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    Incomplete at the author's death. Dr. H. M. Kallen has largely prepared the book for the press. cf. Prefatory note, signed Henry James, jr.Includes bibliographical references and index.Mode of access: Internet

    Some problems of philosophy; a beginning of an introduction to philosophy.

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    "First edition May 1911. Reprinted ... June 1940."Mode of access: Internet.Incomplete at the author's death. Dr. H. M. Kallen has largely prepared the book for the press. cf. Preparatory note, signed Henry James, jr

    Creative intelligence; essays in the pragmatic attitude,

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    The need for a recovery of philosophy / J. Dewey.--Reformation of logic / A.W. Moore.--Intelligence and mathematics / H.C. Brown.--Scientific method and individual thinker / G.H. Mead.--Consciousness and psychology / B.H. Bode.--The phases of the economic interest / H.W. Stuart.--The moral life and the construction of values and standards / J.H. Tufts.--Values and existence in philosophy, art and religion / H.M. Kallen.Mode of access: Internet

    Philip Lown papers, 1913-1975. [bulk 1944-1974]

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    This collection contains Lown’s autobiographical and biographical memoirs, writings, speeches, notes, personal correspondence, honors, photographs, and news clippings.Published citations should take the following form: Identification of item, date (if known); Philip W. Lowan, Papers; P-162; box number; folder number; American Jewish Historical Society, Boston, MA and New York, NY.This collection is located at the American Jewish Historical Society located in Boston. For information on accessing collections at AJHS Boston please visit their website at: http://www.ajhsboston.org/index.htm.Philip W. Lown was a businessman, philanthropist, and leading figure in the Jewish Community. In 1926, he became a joint owner of the Pilgrim Shoe Company in Auburn, Maine, and later president of Penobscot Shoe Company and Lown Shoes Inc. Starting in 1937 and up to his death, Lown worked philanthropically within the Jewish community, most notably in Jewish education. He served on such boards as the American Association for Jewish Education, the B’nai B’rith Hillel Foundations, and the World Council on Jewish Education. He also founded the Lown School of Near Eastern and Judaic Studies and the Graduate Center for Contemporary Jewish Studies at Brandeis University.far031
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