In Sartre's style of argument, German metaphysics met Frenc… - Clive James

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In Sartre's style of argument, German metaphysics met French sophistry in a kind of European Coal and Steel Community producing nothing but rhetorical gas.

Clive James

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Clive James AO, CBE, FRSL (born Vivian Leopold James; 7 October 1939 – 24 November 2019) was an expatriate Australian writer, poet, essayist, critic, television personality and commentator on popular culture.

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Alternative Names: Clive Vivian Leopold James • Clive Vivian James • Vivian Leopold James • Vivian Clive Leopold James

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