Darkness and the Light

Charles Hartshorne is Ashbel Smith Professor Emeritus at the University of Texas at Austin. He is the author of Creativity in American Philosophy, Insights and Oversights of Great Thinkers, Omnipotence and Other Theological Mistakes, and Wisdom as Moderation all published by SUNY Press.

• List of Figures Preface Acknowledgments Prologue 1. THE AUTHOR INTRODUCES HIMSELF Thoughts on MemoryThe I and the MeGeographicalMore Personal than ModestA Frustrating but Constructive Philosophical Dream 2. A SHELTERED CHILDHOOD (1897-1911) Earliest RecollectionsA Noble FriendMarguerite Haughton HartshorneFrancis Cope HartshorneMy Four BrothersMale Chauvinism?Public School 3. A BOARDING SCHOOL IN THE COUNTRY (1911-1915) Dr. GardinerSome Other Boarding School TeachersSchool LifeAppendicitis and Poetry 4. SOME PLAYMATES AND RELATIVES Small Town SocietySister Frances, Cousin Emily, Some AuntsAunt Amy and Lillie ZietzProfessor J. Duncan Spaeth 5. HAVERFORD COLLEGE (1915-1917) Choosing a College in 1915Some Classmates: Frank Morley and Evan PhillipsSome Upper ClassmenSome Haverford Teachers 6. LIFE IN AN ARMY MEDICAL CORPS (1917-1919) Volunteer - or Be Conscripted?A Base Hospital and Its Nurses and PatientsSome Professional SoldiersCommanding Officers and Psychosomatic Eye TroubleMy Life is Saved; Fellow Orderlies, AlcoholismReligious - Philosophical ExperiencesThe Thrill of Youth 7. HARVARD, EUROPE, HARVARD (1919-1928) Some Fellow Students (1919-1923)Some ProfessorsTwo RoommatesSome LandladiesVolunteer Work in a Camp for BoysA Traveling Fellowship (1923-1925)Some Letters and F. C. Hartshorne's Last Public Address 8. SOME YOUTHFUL EXPERIENCES WITH WOMEN An Old-Fashioned Way of Learning About LoveSocial Relations of a Wandering StudentWhat Makes Life Together Endurable?Homo- and Heterosexuality 9. THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO (1928-1955) "She Was a Phantom of Delight"Hutchins, Adler, McKeonThe X ClubCarnapStudentsTheologians and MetaphysiciansLecturing in German (1948-1949)Why Leave a Great University? 10. SOME FRIENDS IN CHICAGO, AND ELSEWHERE My Admirable Relatives-in-LawKurt RiezlerA Neighborhood Institution"Bird Friends Are Good Friends"Three Russian AristocratsSome Excellent Household Helpers"E. L." - A Southern Gentleman of a New School 11. THE MOVE TO THE SOUTH (1955-1962) The Era of Civil Rights BeginsEmory: A Small but Good UniversityLecturing in Seattle and Kyoto 12. THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS (1962- ) John SilberA Great NaturalistTexas Philosophers 13. RECOLLECTIONS OF FAMOUS PHILOSOPHERS - AND OTHER IMPORTANT PERSONS 14. SOME OTHER PHILOSOPHERS Heinrich RickertKallen, Feigl, LangfordBag Fuller and E. S. BrightmanNorman MalcolmMorris CohenMax OttoEustace Hayden 15. ODDS AND ENDS Violence and Some Nonacademic JobsThe Deaths of Dear OnesMentally Disturbed StudentsOpportunity, Genius, and AmbitionWhat's Wrong with Everybody?What Is There to Regret?"Life is Unfair"Wordsworth's Vision Epilogue Name Index Topic Index

"Charles Hartshorne is our one living example of an American who is a world class philosopher…" — The Modern Schoolman"Thought by many to be the dean of living American philosophers…" — Choice