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Lives of the Mind
The Use and Abuse of Intelligence from Hegel to Wodehouse
By Kimball, Roger
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-1-56663-479-3
- Publisher
- Ivan R. Dee, Publisher
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Library Journal
Reviewed on October 1, 2002
Kimball, a respected critic and managing editor of the New Criterion, applies the pornography standard to intelligence in this collection of essays about famous men and their smarts: it's hard to define, but he knows it when he sees it. "Intelligence," Kimball writes, "like fire, is a power that is neither good nor bad in itself but rather takes its virtue, it...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
