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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
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"The clearest representative of historicism in the English tongue",
By Brisbane reader (Brisbane, Australia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: An Autobiography (Paperback)
Leo Strauss, in 1965, thought R.G. Collingwood "the clearest representative of historicism in the English tongue" and in particular recommended reading paragraphs from chapters V-IX of his "An Autobiography." Historicism (primary among other meanings) is the view that all thought is historically determined or limited and cannot escape its time and place.
If coupled with A.J.Ayer's "Language, Truth and Logic" on positivism (one meaning of which is that value judgements are irrational) one has an introduction to historicism and positivism in the 20th century. Ayer and Collingwood wrote these books and taught in the pre-war Oxford of the 1930's. One view of England at this time can be seen in Evelyn Waugh's "Brideshead Revisited", both the book and the excellent mini-series with Jeremy Irons and Anthony Andrews.
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
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Excellent,
By Reference Librarian (Kentucky) - See all my reviews
This review is from: An Autobiography (Paperback)
Do read this before you die. It is highly readable and gives a synopsis of what Collingwood was trying to accomplish with his great series of philosophical works.
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An Autobiography by R. G. Collingwood (Paperback - December 9, 1983)
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