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'''Jesse Glenn Gray''' (known as ''J. Glenn Gray'''; (1913-19771913–1977) was aan American philosopher, writer, and professor of philosophy at Colorado College. Gray published numerous books and essays. His first major publication, ''[[The Warriors: Reflections on Men in Battle]]'', is a philosophical memoir of his years as ana counter-intelligence officer near the battle lines in Italy during World War II and was inspired by Gray’s opposition to war. Its reprint in 1967 and subsequent editions included an introduction by his close friend and intellectual companion, [[Hannah Arendt]].

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 CenterInstitute for Humanistic Studies]] from 1967 to 1968. As a general editor for [[Harper & Row]], Gray supervised work for the publisher on translations of the German philosopher [[Martin Heidegger]], with whom he formed a personal association, and was among his earliest champions in the United States. Colleagues at Colorado College and elsewhere compiled a collection of essays, entitled ''Something of Great Constancy,'' in honor of Gray. Prior to its publication, Gray died on Oct.October 3029, 1977, in [[Colorado Springs, Colorado]].

*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.

*Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich. On Art, Religion, Philosophy: Introductory Lectures to the Realm of Absolute Spirit. New York: Harper & Row, 1970.

*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.

*[httphttps://www.jstor.org/pss/40321010]

*[http://www.coloradocollege.edu/Alumni/CyberTiger/Archives/200710/J.%20Glenn%20Gray%20Brochure.pdf]{{Dead link|date=February 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

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