George H. Smith vs. Herbert Marcuse
Side-by-side comparison of two thinkers
George H. Smith
1949 – 2022
George Hamilton Smith was an American author, editor, educator, and speaker known for his writings on atheism and libertarianism in the United States.
"The academic who lives comfortably in his professional enclave, secure in the belief that his corner of the cognitive world is the entire universe, has little n…"
Herbert Marcuse
1898 – 1979
Herbert Marcuse was a German–American philosopher, social critic, and political theorist, associated with the Frankfurt School of critical theory. Born in Berlin, Marcuse studied at the Friedrich Wilhelm University of Berlin and then at the University of Freiburg, where he received his PhD. He was a prominent figure in the Frankfurt-based Institute for Social Research, which later became known as the Frankfurt School.
"German idealism rescued philosophy from the attack of British empiricism, and the struggle between the two became not merely a clash of different philosophical …"
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