作者简介
ArthurOnckenLovejoy(October10,1873–December30,1962)wasaninfluentialAmericanphilosopherandintellectualhistorian,whofoundedthefieldknownasthehistoryofideas.LovejoywasborninBerlin,Germanywhilehisfatherwasdoingmedicalresearchthere.Eighteenmonthslater,hismothercommittedsuicide,whereuponhisfathergaveupmedicineandbecameaclergyman.Lovejoystudiedphilosophy,firstattheUniversityofCalifornia,thenatHarvardunderWilliamJamesandJosiahRoyce.In1901,heresignedfromhisfirstjob,atStanfordUniversity,toprotestthedismissalofacolleaguewhohadoffendedatrustee.ThePresidentofHarvardthenvetoedhiringLovejoyonthegroundsthathewasaknowntroublemaker.Overthesubsequentdecade,hetaughtatWashingtonUniversity,ColumbiaUniversity,andtheUniversityofMissouri.Henevermarried.
