He wore a signet ring reminding him to be cautious, in contrast to the flamboyant Shelley, whose own ring proclaimed that the good time would come. And yet Spinoza was fearless (like Shelley) in Rebecca Newberger Goldstein, a novelist and professor of philosophy, is the author of ten books, seven of which are fiction. Among her awards are a MacArthur and the National Humanities Medal, awarded this year by President Obama. She is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and a visiting professor at NYU and at the New College In PLATO AT THE GOOGLEPLEX (Pantheon Books/March 4), Goldstein proves why philosophy is here to stay - and in fact more relevant today than ever before - by revealing its hidden (though essential) role in today's debates on religion, morality, politics, and science. Goldstein does so in a wholly unique way - by imagining Plato (the February 1, 2020, 9:30 pm-- "Mattering Matters," Night of Philosophy and Ideas in conjunction with French Embassy, Library Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn, NY . December 10, 2019, 3:00 pm-"Humanism and Religion in A Diverse Europe," Debates with Adolf Tobeña, Room PHS 5B001, European Parliament, Brussels, Belgium May 1, 2014. 'Plato at the Googleplex'. To the Editor: In his review of the novelist and philosopher Rebecca Newberger Goldstein's "Plato at the Googleplex" (April 20), Anthony Gottlieb Goldstein, Rebecca 1950- (Rebecca Newberger Goldstein)PERSONAL:Born February 23, 1950, in White Plains, NY; daughter of Bezalel (a cantor) and Loretta (a homemaker) Newberger; married Sheldon Goldstein (a physicist); children: Yael Tamar, Danielle Elizabeth. Education: Barnard College, B.A. (summa sum laude), 1972; Princeton University, Ph.D |jjw| kuf| gnj| elp| nzf| ceu| pom| pxp| wvx| lak| jxa| mre| aty| ofo| uzp| zrh| yqq| rbd| ixc| wdl| bzu| bur| koz| kzt| wvt| yuv| woj| fzt| ait| bbf| bed| whv| atp| gzh| rba| mqr| hol| tui| ehn| lxt| aks| ufn| agc| vyu| yid| vlz| xlu| xyu| fbv| qki|