Studies in Intellectual History

Born in 1891 in Providence, Rhode Island, George Boas taught for many years at Johns Hopkins and was editor of the Journal of the History of Ideas from 1945 until his death in 1980. He authored 24 books, including The Major Traditions of English Philosophy, The Greek Tradition: A Symposium, Rationalism in Greek Philosophy, The Limits of Reason, and The History of Ideas: An Introduction.

• Chapter 1. Some Problems of Intellectual HistoryChapter 2. The History of Ideas and Ancient Greek Philosophy Chapter 3. The Golden Chain of Homer Chapter 4. Language -The Basis of Science, Philosophy, and Poetry Chapter 5. Progress and Perfectibility in Samuel Miller's Intellectual HistoryChapter 6. An Historical Analysis of the Concept of InfectionChapter 7. The Long Neglect of a Scientific Discovery: Mendel's Laws of InheritanceChapter 8. Lovejoy's Role in American PhilosophyChapter 9. The History of Ideas ClubAppendix A. Officers of the History of Ideas ClubAppendix B. Speakers and their Topics, 1923-1952Index