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Georg Christoph Lichtenberg is one of many relatively obscure German writers who deserve respect in a literary world dominated by English and French authors. The reputation acquired by German writers even of the classic period of German literature has been one of an extreme stuffiness, and this reputation has naturally not aided German popularity. Lichtenberg as he is presented by Professors Mautner and Hatfield may in part dissolve this outdated notion...
They have brought together Lichtenberg's observations and witticisms written over a period covering roughly 35 years of his life, from 1764 to 1799. During most of this period, Lichtenberg resided at Gottingen University, as a professor of mathematics and astronomy. Only Kant stayed at home longer than Lichtenberg; both men being somewhat alike in their appreciation of the virtues of the middle-class life. Lichtenberg, however, was no timid professor. One of the most appealing things about him is his interest and enthusiasm over the minor occurrences in his life. A simple rain storm was as apt to inspire...
...apparent from these quotations from The Lichtenberg Reader, Lichtenberg was a master of the aphorism. Although he produced nothing else in the realm of great literature, his amazing skill at combining a sharp wit with deep insights was enough to endear him to his great contemporaries, Goethe and Kant. Later in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries Lichtenberg was even more valued by such greats as Nietzsche and Kierkegaard who saw in him evidence of their own existential approach to philosophy. That Lichtenberg was in many ways ahead of his time is true, for in a time of rampant Enlightenment rationalism...
Julius Adler, John G. Morey, and Lester L. Ward, all of '52, debated the affirmative here on the topic: "Resolved, That a world government should be established now." Arguing the negative of the same subject at Princeton were David Auerbach, Leo Bersani, and Allen Lichtenberg, all members...
...group, composed of Julius Adler, John G. Morey, and Lester L. Ward, all of '52, will oppose Yale tonight in the Union Upper Common Room at 8 p.m. David L. Auerbach, Leo Bersani, and Allen Lichtenberg will travel to Princeton. In the third match Yale and Princeton exchange teams...