by O. K. Bouwsma (Author)

The essays in this collection are not confined to any one period or any one subject. Nearly every one, in the author's words, is an attempt to understand some short passage from the work of some philosopher, teasing the passage with analogies of sense. If one were to describe the method, as Descartes described his method, the method of doubt, perhaps it might best be described as the method of failure.

Author Biography

O.K. Bouwsma (1898-1978) was a professor of philosophy at the University of Nebraska from 1928-1965.