Man and Man: The Social Philosophers

by Robert N. Linscott

Here, in one volume, are 17 brilliant essays and dialogues on how man lives with himself and the world around him. To read THE SOCIAL PHILOSOPHERS is to understand better your place in the universe. Here, indeed is a volume that is a must for every intelligent person's library.
Included are: Aristotle, Plato, Epicurus, Epictetus, Marcus Aurelius, Confucius, Montaigne, Emerson, John Dewey.

Genres: Philosophy, Nonfiction

496 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1947

About the author

Robert Newton Linscott (May 1, 1886 – September 25, 1964) was an American editor. From 1904 to 1944, Linscott was an editor at Houghton-Mifflin. He served as editor for early Truman Capote and Carson McCullers works. From 1944 until his retirement in 1957, Linscott was the senior editor for Random House.

Linscott himself edited a number of collections for both houses, among them Best American Humorous Short Stories (1945), Best Short Stories of Bret Harte (1947), The World's Great Thinkers: A Boston Reader (1948), Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci (1957), and Letters and Poems of Emily Dickinson (1959).

Reviews

[Sherrie]

I gotta say, social philosophy is a lot easier to read the religious philosophy (book #1 in this series). I found Aristotle easy reading, but Plato a bit troublesome. Marcus Aurelius lives up to his name and I think I'm going to have to get my hands on more John Dewey. I don't agree with all his points, but his philosophy seems very apt for the modern world.

[Bahman Bahman]

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[Heather]

This is a great little collection. There are four volumes total and cover everything from "Man and Man" to "Man and State". Definitely a nice collection to own

[James Violand]

Another great compendium of excerpted vital philosophical works. Well worth reading to spur one onto the complete writings of each philosopher.