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'''Jesse Glenn Gray''' (known as ''J. Glenn Gray''; 1913–1977) was an American philosopher, writer, and professor of philosophy at Colorado College. Gray published numerous books and essays. His first major publication, ''[[The Warriors: Reflections
Gray was born May 27, 1913, near [[Mifflintown, Pennsylvania]]. He graduated from [[Juniata College]] and obtained an M.A. from the [[University of Pittsburgh]] in 1938 and a Ph.D. from [[Columbia University]] in 1941. Immediately after this, Gray spent four years in the United States Army, becoming a second lieutenant. When Gray returned to the United States he began his career as a professor. In 1947
As a long-time professor at [[Colorado College]], Gray obtained fellowships from the [[Ford Foundation]], [[John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation]], and the [[National Council on the Arts and Humanities]]. He also was a scholar-in-residence for the [[Aspen
▲Gray published numerous books and essays. His first major publication, ''[[The Warriors: Reflections of Men in Battle]]'', is a philosophical memoir of his years as an infantryman in Italy during World War II, and was inspired by Gray’s opposition to war. It's reprint in 1967 and subsequent editions included an introduction by [[Hanna Arendt]].
==Bibliography==
===As author===
*Hegel’s Hellenic Ideal. New York: King’s Crown Press, 1941.
*The Warriors: Reflections on Men in Battle. New York: Harcourt, 1959.
*The Promise of Wisdom: An Introduction to Philosophy of Education. Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1968. Reissued as Re-thinking American Education: A Philosophy of Teaching and Learning. Middletown, Conn.: Wesleyan University Press, 1984. Foreword by Elisabeth Young-Bruehl.
*Understanding Violence Philosophically and Other Essays. New York: Harper & Row, 1970.
===As editor===
*Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich. On Art, Religion, Philosophy: Introductory Lectures to the Realm of Absolute Spirit. New York: Harper & Row, 1970.
===As translator===
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===As contributor===
*McGrath, Earl. The Humanities in Higher Education. Dubuque: W.C. Brown, 1949.
*Kline, George L. European Philosophy Today. Chicago: Quadrangle Books, 1965.
*Anton, John. Naturalism and Historical Understanding. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1967.
*Somer, John, James Wilcox, and James Coulos. Literature and Rhetoric: an Anthology for Composition. Atlanta: Scott, Foresman, 1969.
==References==
*[http://pabook.libraries.psu.edu/palitmap/bios/Gray__J_Glenn.html]
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