George Boas

George Boas

George Boas (28 August, 1891 – 17 March, 1980)was a Professor of Philosophy at Johns Hopkins University.He received his education at Brown University, obtaining both a BA and MA in Philosophy there, after which he studied shortly at Columbia, and finally at UC Berkeley, where he earned his PhD in 1917.

In 1921, Boas was hired at Johns Hopkins by Professor A.O. Lovejoy as an historian of philosophy. Boas' tenure at Hopkins was interrupted by the Second World War, in which he served as a Commander in the Naval Reserve. He retired from the school in 1956, continuing his scholarly career with a fellowship at the Center for Humanities at Wesleyan University, and as visiting Andrew W. Mellon chair at the University of Pittsburgh.

Major Works

*"The Hieroglyphics of Horapollo", translation of the original work (1950)
*"Dominant Themes in Modern Philosophy" (1957)
*"The Inquiring Mind" (1959)
*"Rationalism in Greek Philosophy" (1961)
*"The Limits of Reason" Harper & Brothers (1961)
*"The Heaven of Invention" (1962)
*"The cult of childhood".London, Warburg Institute (1966)
*"Vox Populi" (1969)
*"The History of Ideas: An Introduction" (1969)


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