Books by Nicholas Capaldi
“Mill is seen now asa liberal hero. But he was also one of the great poetry critics of the 19th century. He wrote some of the best essays about theism. He was a very, very broad, deep, synthetic thinker. Capaldi really gets this. He takes him seriously. And you will understand Mill so much better through this book than through the other biographies.” Read more...
The Best Intellectual Biographies
Henry Oliver, Biographer
Interviews where books by Nicholas Capaldi were recommended
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John Stuart Mill: A Biography
by Nicholas Capaldi -
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The Marriage Question: George Eliot's Double Life
by Clare Carlisle -
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Froude's Life of Carlyle
by James Anthony Froude, abridged by John Clubbe -
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The Autobiography of Malcolm X
by Malcolm X and assisted by Alex Haley, Laurence Fishburne (narrator) -
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Parfit: A Philosopher and His Mission to Save Morality
by David Edmonds
The Best Intellectual Biographies, recommended by Henry Oliver
The Best Intellectual Biographies, recommended by Henry Oliver
The interplay of real life and the generation or dissemination of ideas serves as the fascinating focus of the intellectual biography. Here, Henry Oliver—author of Second Act, a compelling new book about late-blooming intellectuals, artists, and thinkers—selects five of the best intellectual biographies, including studies of the lives of the novelist George Eliot and the philosopher Derek Parfit.
