Author: Various:
Title: Dialogues on a Philosophy of History: 1958. The Choate School, Wallingford, Conn..
Description: New Haven, Conn., Compass Publishing, 1958. 1st Ed., Soft green wraps, VG, a little faded and minor surf. soiling, contents fine, in typed format, with v. occas. pencil marking in text. This is a series of essays written by students of The Choate School, whose ages ranged from 14-15 years. During their course, which was entitled Comparative Ancient Civilizations, they were encouraged to seek 'basic truths' from history, define their terms, find substantiation and then try to make 'verifiable predictions' on the basis of their historical evidence. Finally the members of the class were given the opportunity to synthesize their 'truths of history' into a philosophy.

Keywords: philosophy, essays, The Choate School, 1958, Wallingford, Conneticutt, history, J Bliss, R Dunn, J Hedges, W McChesney, F Jones, H Marshall, K Lehman, W Stirlen, P Sullivan, Z Brown, W Mohan, D Marks