As a teacher of philosophy, a very dubious profession in this country, I am in a position to observe how precarious a hold the intellect has upon Ame… - William Barrett

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As a teacher of philosophy, a very dubious profession in this country, I am in a position to observe how precarious a hold the intellect has upon American life; and this is not true merely of the great majority of students but of cultured people, of intellectuals, to whom here in America a philosophical idea is an alien and embarrassing thing. In their actual life Americans are not only a non-intellectual but an anti-intellectual people.