Man and Spirit: The Speculative Philosophers

by Saxe Commins (Editor), Robert N. Linscott

Genres: Philosophy

557 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1947

About the author

Saxe Commins was editor of the Random House Modern Library, where he notably worked with Eugene O'Neill, William Faulkner, Irwin Shaw, Theodore Dreiser, and others. Much of his editorial correspondence was posthumously published by his widow, Dorothy Berliner Commins.

Reviews

[James Violand · Rating 4 out of 5]

As with the three companion volumes to this Random House set, this book is a fair summary of basic writings concerning views about man's spirit.

[Sherrie · Rating 3 out of 5]

If I'm being honest...I'm a little burnt out on religious philosophy. Spinoza, Hume, and Schopenhauer were really great reading, though. George Berkeley was not. I wanted to enjoy Nietzsche but he reads too much like r/atheism and I couldn't get internet trolls out of my mind.