Thomas Cahill vs. Norman Mailer
Side-by-side comparison of two thinkers
Thomas Cahill
1940 – 2022
Thomas Quinn Cahill was an American scholar and writer. He was best known for The Hinges of History series, a prospective seven-volume series in which the author recounts formative moments in Western civilization.
"Human beings never know more than a part, as "through a glass darkly"; and all knowledge comes to us in pieces."
Norman Mailer
1923 – 2007
Nachem Malech Mailer, known by his pen name Norman Kingsley Mailer, was an American writer, journalist, and filmmaker. In a career spanning more than six decades, Mailer had 11 best-selling books, at least one in each of the seven decades after World War II.
"I knew that Jack needed a lot of help, and what he really needed was somebody who could spend a prodigious amount of time with him, every night, see him, live w…"
Connections
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