Collected works of George Grant . Volume 2 1951-1959 / / edited by Arthur Davis

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910780688603321
• Autore: Grant George
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2002; ©2002
• ISBN: 1-282-00332-1; 9786612003325; 1-4426-7306-0
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (601 p.)
• Collana: Collected Works of George Grant
• Disciplina: 191
• Soggetti: Philosophy, Canadian - 20th century; Electronic books.; Canada; Canada Politique et gouvernement; Canada Politics and government
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Permissions -- Chronology -- Introduction to Volume 2: 1951â€?1959 -- The Dalhousie Years -- The Texts of Volume 2: Sources and Presentation -- 'Philosophy' â€? Massey Commission Report -- 'Canadian Universities and Protestant Churches' -- 'Pursuit of an Illusion: A Commentary on Bertrand Russell' -- 'Two Theological Languages' -- 'Philosophy and Adult Education' -- 'Plato and Popper' -- 'Training for the Ministry' -- 'Turning New Leaves' â€? Review of Henry Marshall Tory -- 'Adult Education in the Expanding Economy'; 'Charles Cochrane''What Is Philosophy?' -- 'Jean-Paul Sartre' -- 'Canada â€? History' -- 'The Minds of Men in the Atomic Age' -- 'The Paradox of Democratic Education' -- 'The Teaching Profession in an Expanding Economy' -- 'The Uses of Freedom â€? A Word and Our World' -- 'Morals in Nova Scotia' -- 'Acceptance and Rebellion' -- 'Philosophy' â€? Encyclopedia Canadiana -- 'The Humanities in Soviet Higher Education' ; -- 'Philosophy in the Mass Age -- 'Fyodor Dostoevsky' â€? with Sheila Grant -- 'Christ, What a Planet!' -- Three Talks and a Review; 'The Basic Problems of Mankind?''On Education' -- 'What's an Arts Faculty for?' -- 'Some Recent Mozart Recordings' -- Lectures at Dalhousie â€? A Selection -- A. Introduction to Philosophy -- B. Ethics -- C. Plato -- D. St Augustine -- E. Kant -- List of Dalhousie Lectures and Fragments -- Appendix 1: Comments on Hegel and on Religion and Philosophy Notebooks 1,2, and 4 (1956â€?7) -- Appendix 2: Poems -- To S.V.G. -- To Elizabeth -- Good Friday -- Easter -- Appendix 3: List of Radio and Television Broadcasts by George Grant â€? CBC; Appendix 4: Editorial and Textual Principles and Methods Applied in Volume 2Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z
• Sommario/riassunto: A collection of all the important material from the 1950s when philosopher Geroge Grant did his first teaching and writing at Dalhousie University.