Lessons of the Masters is a 2004 book by George Steiner. It is part history, part analysis of the mentor-protégé relationship. It includes Socrates and Jesus to Husserl, Heidegger and Arendt, not leaving out Plotinus, Augustine, Shakespeare, Dante, Marlowe, Kepler, Wittgenstein, Nadia Boulanger and Simone Weil.[1][2][3][4]
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Author | George Steiner |
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Sprache | Englisch |
Subjects | Language, translation |
Publisher | Harvard University Press |
Publication date | 2004 |
Publication place | Vereinigtes Königreich |
Media type | Print (hardback) |
The book is based on Steiner's Norton lectures.
References
edit- ^ Dean, Paul (January 2004). "The Steiner school (Book)". New Criterion. 22 (5): 73–75.
- ^ Walsh, William D. (2003-09-15). "Lessons of the Masters (Book)". Library Journal. 128 (15): 59–59.
- ^ Tippens, Darryl (2006). "Review of Lessons of the Masters". Christianity and Literature. 56 (1): 194–197. ISSN 0148-3331.
- ^ Hart, Jonathan Locke (2004). "Review of Lessons of the Masters". Harvard Review (26): 225–227. ISSN 1077-2901.