JOHNSON, Paul - INTELLECTUALS
Translated by Andrezj Piber. Published by EDITIONS SPOTKANIA, Warsaw 1988. Dimensions: 23.5 x 17 cm; 423 pages. Softcover with a glossy finish (designed by Jacek Tofil). In good condition.
This provocative book profiles the most famous intellectuals, moralists, and writers who aspired to the role of teachers of humanity. The author attempts to determine whether they had the right to offer such instruction; he explores the extent of their respect for the truth, their attitude toward money, how they treated their wives and children, whether they were loyal in friendship, and whether they applied the principles they publicly proclaimed in their private lives. He boldly and brilliantly paints portraits of, among others, Rousseau, Shelley, Marx, Ibsen, Tolstoy, Hemingway, Russell, Brecht, and Sartre.
