Printer Friendly
Dictionary, Encyclopedia and Thesaurus - The Free Dictionary
1,805,648,316 visitors served.
forum mailing list For webmasters
?
New: Language forums
Dictionary/
thesaurus
Medical
dictionary
Legal
dictionary
Financial
dictionary
Acronyms
 
Idioms
Encyclopedia
Wikipedia
encyclopedia
?

Arthur Koestler

   Also found in: Encyclopedia, Wikipedia, Hutchinson 0.04 sec.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.Arthur Koestler - British writer (born in Hungary) who wrote a novel exposing the Stalinist purges during the 1930s (1905-1983)
Koestler


How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content.
?Page tools
Printer friendly
Cite / link
Email
Feedback
Add definition
? Mentioned in ? References in periodicals archive
 
This meant avoidance of the sort of confrontation with Soviet power advocated by Arthur Koestler and Manus Sperber, but Camus also opposed the sort of accommodation to Marxist dogma advocated by the early Andre Malraux and the later Sartre.
Sartre and Camus: the yoke of enlightenment by Horowitz, Irving Louis / Modern Age
Such a capacity rests on what Arthur Koestler called "the doctrine of unshaken foundations"--the overwhelming, superior moral importance attributed to the ends, which allow the individual to overlook, or altogether dismiss, the human costs of their pursuit.
Clinging to faith: public intellectuals and the God that failed by Hollander, Paul / The National Interest
In his theory of creativity as bisociation, Arthur Koestler wrote: "When two independent matrices of perception or reasoning interact with each other the result .
Saint Clair Cemin: Brent Sikkema by Kuspit, Donald / Artforum International
More results
 
Dictionary/thesaurus browser? ? Full browser
 
 
Dictionary, Thesaurus, and Translations
?

Disclaimer | Privacy policy | Feedback | Copyright © 2009 Farlex, Inc.
All content on this website, including dictionary, thesaurus, literature, geography, and other reference data is for informational purposes only. This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional. Terms of Use.