Susanne Langer
Susanne Katherina Langer was an American philosopher, writer, and educator known for her theories on the influences of art on the mind. She was one of the earliest American women to achieve an academic career in philosophy. Langer is best remembered for her 1942 book Philosophy in a New Key, which was followed by a sequel, Feeling and Form: A Theory of Art, in 1953.
Career Journey
Background
- Born in
- Manhattan
- Educated at
- Harvard UniversityRadcliffe College
- Awards
- 🏆 Connecticut Women's Hall of Fame🏆 Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Trending & Selected Quotes
Trending topics shown first"In a work of art, however modest, the peculiar character of life is always reflected in the fact that it has no parts which keep their qualitative identity in isolation. In the simplest design, the vi…"
"Tragedy dramatizes human life as potentiality and fulfillment. Its virtual future, or Destiny, is therefore quite different from that created in comedy. Comic Destiny is Fortune—what the world will br…"
"Philosophical questions are not by their nature insoluble. They are, indeed, radically different from scientific questions, because they concern the implications and other interrelations of ideas, not…"
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Timeline
1895
Born
Birth1985
Died
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