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      Paul Valery: Philosophical Reflections

      William Kluback

      Where the philosopher has feared to tread, in a realm that has been declared not only non-philosophical, but anti-philosophical, this study attempts quietly to illuminate Paul Valery’s reflections on literature…

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      Discourses on the Meaning of History

      William Kluback

      Philosophical and Theological essays explore the meaning of history. The author believes that both Philosophy and Theology offer ways to understand the meaning of history. History is our most important…

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      Undefined Familiarities

      William Kluback

      Insightful and fascinating studies of great men of French literature introduce the reader to that wonderful dialogue that takes place between writer and works of literature. Here we find that…

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      Folly and Intelligence in Political Thought

      William Kluback

      A serious and profound discussion of some of the more important problems of modern thought, readable and truly enjoyable. Wherever the reader turns he is captivated by the originality of…

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      Toward the Death of Man

      William Kluback

      From the Foreword by Louis Dupre, Yale University: This work, glowing with admiration and enthusiasm for now mostly neglected thinkers, proves how beneficial and, indeed, how adventurous can be the…

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      Paul Valery: The Search for Intelligence

      William Kluback

      Devoted to the art of creativity, to the analysis of the creative act, Valery was recognized as the greatest intellectual figure of the twentieth century. This is a book of…

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      Franz Kafka: Challenges and Confrontations

      William Kluback

      This book emerged from a life-long study of the works of Franz Kafka. It was created during my years of study in Israel with Hugo Bergman and Felix Weltsch. Kafka…

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      Encounters with Juan Ramon Jimenez

      William Kluback

      This book is an imaginary conversation with Juan Ramon Jimenez. William Kluback follows the journey of Juan Ramon and Platero, to adventure into the world, speaking of what it means…

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      Benjamin Fondane: A Poet in Exile

      William Kluback

      This is the first book length study of one of Romania’s greatest poets. Benjamin Fondane was a close friend of Lev Cheslov, a profound critic of contemporary European thought, and…

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      Paul Valery: Illusions of Civilization

      William Kluback

      Paul Valery: Illusions of Civilization opens a vast discussion of the meaning of civilization, in particular, Western civilization. It causes us to face the problems of survival, meaning, and ends…

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      Leopold Sedar Senghor: From Politics to Poetry

      William Kluback

      William Kluback has put together a book of imagined conversations based on the poetical and philosophical ideas of Leopold Sedar Senghor, president of Senegal (1960-1980). A poet and statesman, Senghor…

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      Paul Valery: The Realms of the Analecta

      William Kluback

      In this fifth volume of Kluback’s Paul Valery studies, thought takes on a new dimension: the realm of the Analecta. This is the realm of the imagination, of the image…

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      Edmond Jabes the Poetry of the Nomad

      William Kluback

      Jabes was exiled from Egypt in 1956; in Paris for the rest of his life, until 1991, he wrote poetry that revolved around the odyssey of Israel: the survival of…

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      Paul Valery: The Statesman of the Intellect

      William Kluback

      This is William Kluback’s sixth volume on Paul Valery. As Kluback moved from one volume to another, he realized how Valery mastered the human mind; how he saw in it…

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      The Legacy of Hermann Cohen

      William Kluback

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      Paul Valery: The Continuous Search for Reality

      William Kluback

      Paul Valery: The Continuous Search for Reality is William Kluback’s fourth volume of Valery studies. The three previous volumes are: Paul Valery: Philosophical Reflections (Lang 1987); Paul Valery: The Search…

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      Paul Valery: A Philosopher for Philosophers, the Sage

      William Kluback

      Kluback’s seventh dialogue about the French poet, essayist, and critic in which he argues that Valery (1871-1945) went beyond philosophy to wisdom, and characterizes him as a poet who is…

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      Eric Weil: A Fresh Look at Philosophy

      William Kluback

      Presents a summary of the philosophical views of French thinker Eric Weil. The major innovation of Weil’s discourse is to embody absolute knowledge in the discourse of such categories as…

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      Reason in Exile: Essays on Catalan Philosophers

      Manuel Duran,William Kluback

      In 1939, most of the thinkers and philosophers in Catalonia left their native land to evade the encroaching totalitarian forces of Franco. Thus began a long exile from which they…

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      The Temptations of Emile Cioran

      William Kluback,Michael Finkenthal

      The Romanian-born Emile Cioran is one of the most important figures of modern French philosophy and literature. Even though most of his French works have been translated into English, this…

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      The Clown in the Agora: Conversations About Eugene Ionesco

      William Kluback,Michael Finkenthal

      In The Clown in the Agora, William Kluback and Michael Finkenthal have put together a book of imagined conversations, encounters, and interviews based on the poetical and philosophical ideas of…

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      Luis de Leon: The Names of Christ

      Whatever it was you expected when you heard about the new Classics of Western Spirituality ™ series from Paulist Press, forget it. The real thing is better.
      The Crux of…

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