Philip Wheelwright

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Philip Ellis Wheelwright (1901–1970) was an American philosopher, classical scholar and literary theorist.

He is best known for two books in the field of literary criticism, The Burning Fountain: a Study in the Language of Symbolism (1954) and Metaphor and Reality (1962), and his book on early Greek philosophy, The Presocratics (1966). He is also the author of an introductory textbook to philosophical ethics, entitled A Critical Introduction to Ethics (1935). Wheelwright was for some time a Professor of Philosophy at Dartmouth College.

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Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 48004579 LCCN: n50019030 ISNI: 0000 0001 2131 5827

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Name	Wheelwright, Philip
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Short description	philosopher, classical scholar, literary theorist
Date of birth	1901
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Date of death	1970
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