Talk:William Barrett (philosopher)

Disambiguation
The philosopher is to be distinguished from William Edmund Barrett, the New York born American author of fiction (Lilies of the Field, The Left Hand of God) who lived roughly during the same era. --Blainster (talk) 23:23, 3 August 2008 (UTC)

I have edited out the statement that was in the previous saved version: "In his book, The Illusion of Technique he summarized a lifetime of philosophical thinking in one sentence: "Amid all the definitions proposed for man the most truthful would in fact be that he is the religious animal." The quote neither represents the main thrust of what the Illusion of Technique was about, nor does it well capture anything like Barrett's "lifetime" of philosophical thinking. This is not to dispute the importance of the religious centre of one's philosophy to Barrett, but his work and Illusion of Technique were a lot more than this simplistic statement implies. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bellacoolaman (talk • contribs) 20:21, 11 April 2009 (UTC)