Category Archives: Books & Literature

Attempting to Comprehend Man

Posted on January 27, 2010 by Ron Pavellas

The book is Is Man Incomprehensible to Man? by Philip H. Rhinelander. Rhinelander was a popular teacher, an eminent scholar and occasional leader in various educational enterprises at Stanford University, where he worked from 1956 until retirement. He died in … Continue reading →

Posted in Books & Literature, Consciousness, The Mind, The Self | Tagged Albert Camus, Alfred North Whitehead, B. F. Skinner, Gabriel Marcel, Herbert Marcuse, Karl Jaspers, Marshall McLuhan, Philip H. Rhinelander | 2 Comments

Four Novels: Four Levels of Hell

Posted on January 20, 2010 by Ron Pavellas

To these four novels I have assigned levels of hell, in descending order, for their depictions of life in various (English speaking) places during the last two centuries. Level 1 I serendipitously happened across Old School by Tobias Wolff in … Continue reading →

Posted in Books & Literature, History | Tagged Andrew Vachss, “Burke” novels, Henry James, Hubert Selby Jr., Last Exit to Brooklyn, Mary McCarthy, Mask Market, The Rise of Silas Lapham, This Boy’s Life, Tobias Wolff, William Dean Howells | Leave a comment

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