Evidence: | 'An exception [to the intellectual triviality Glasser found at Oxford], far from generously recognised, was R.G. Collingwood in his luminous exposition of the proper business of philosophical enquiry, in lectures and in the Olympian sweep of his book "Speculum Mentis". Its opening sentences I would remember in all the years to come: "All thought exists for the sake of action. We try to understand ourselves and the world only in order that we may learn how to live".' |
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Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
Date: | From: 1 Oct 1939 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | city: Oxford | ||||||||||
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Reader: | Ralph Glasser |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | 3 Apr 1916 |
Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
Occupation: | later economist |
Religion: | Jewish |
Country of origin: | England, of Lithuanian extraction |
Country of experience: | England |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
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Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | R.G. Collingwood |
Title: | Speculum Mentis, or the Map of Knowledge |
Genre: | Philosophy |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 20335 | |
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Author: | Ralph Glasser | |
Editor: | n/a | |
Title: | Gorbals Boy at Oxford | |
Place of Publication: | London | |
Date of Publication: | 1988 | |
Vol: | n/a | |
Page: | 124 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | Ralph Glasser, Gorbals Boy at Oxford (London, 1988), p. 124, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=20335, accessed: 24 April 2024 |
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