Scott Milross Buchanan (1895–1968)
Auteur van The Portable Plato
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The Portable Plato (1955) — Redacteur, sommige edities; Introductie, sommige edities — 376 exemplaren
Rediscovering Natural Law: A Report to the Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions (1962) 5 exemplaren
The corporation and the republic 1 exemplaar
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- Geboortedatum
- 1895-03-17
- Overlijdensdatum
- 1968-03-25
- Geslacht
- male
- Nationaliteit
- USA
- Woonplaatsen
- Annapolis, Maryland, USA
- Opleiding
- Amherst College
Oxford University (Balliol College)
Harvard University (PhD) - Beroepen
- professor
- Organisaties
- St. John's College, Annapolis, Maryland
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- Populariteit
- #163,289
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- 3.9
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- 1
- ISBNs
- 17
which is sad, bc this is such a potent topic which so few ppl have written seriously abt (heidegger comes to mind, but he didnt have much of a grasp of mathematical form). and he approaches the topic from a great angle, incorporating science studies--a view for how poetic images have influenced the role of mathematics in science--and an elegantly simple treatment of some heady metaphysical philosophy. but its so, so horribly dated, and perhaps more sadly it lacks style
even in 1929 if u write a book of mathematics, u generally write w a certain formalistic structure; if u write a book of poetry, u generally write w a certain freewheeling or imaginative grace; this has neither, essentially possessing the worst of both worlds in terms of the writing and presentation… (meer)