Philosopher Horace Kallen hand Signed TLS Dated 1972 JG Autographs COA

  

This item is certified authentic by Todd Mueller and comes with their Certificate of Authenticity. (August 11, 1882 - February 16, 1974) was a Polish-born American philosopher who supported. Horace Meyer Kallen was born on August 11, 1882, in the town of Bernstadt. His parents were Jacob David Kallen, an Orthodox rabbi, and Esther Rebecca Glazier. In 1887, the family emigrated to the United States.

In 1903, he received a BA. That same year, Kallen was personally hired by future American President. S president, to become the first. To ever teach at the university. In 1908, Kallen received his doctorate and was awarded a Sheldon Travelling Fellowship to study at. He was also a lifetime friend of.

Whom he met at Harvard and who was the first African-American. And would remain the only one until the 1960s. At Harvard from his graduation until 1911, occasionally working as a.

In 1911, he moved to teach philosophy at the. Until 1918, when he was named a professor at. As a founding member, where he remained for the rest of his career.

By 1933, Kallen and his colleague. Kallen opposed any oversimplification of philosophical and vital problems. According to Kallen, denying complications and difficulties is to multiply them, as much as to deny reality to evil would aggravate evil. Kallen advanced the ideal that cultural diversity and national pride were compatible with each other and that ethnic and racial diversity strengthened America. His critics pointed out his disingenuousness since, as a Jewish intellectual and member of the.

His vision of multicultural America was quite the opposite of his vision of the Jewish state of Israel as a totally Jewish nation. Kallen is credited with coining the term. Whose last unfinished book he edited. In 1939 he became acquainted with. And became a lifelong friend, informal literary advisor, mentor, and advocate.

He was a member of the. And the National Council of the. He served on congressional committees on international peace and was a part of many. And study groups on questions ranging from philosophy and law to labor relations.

Kallen married Rachel Oatman van Arsdale in 1926. He died, aged 91, on February 16, 1974, in.