Robert Nozick (1938-2002) was the Arthur Kingsley Porter Professor of Philosophy at Harvard University. The author of numerous books including The Examined Life and Philosophical Explanations, Nozick was the recipient of the National Book Award for Anarchy, State, and Utopia.
"[Nozick's] powers of argument are profound, and his insights are
at times staggering in their brilliance."--New Republic
"A major event in contemporary political philosophy...[Nozick] is
always stimulating; an open-minded study of what he has to say
could be a healthy tonic for romantic leftists."--Peter Singer, New
York Review of Books
"Complex, sophisticated and ingenious."--The Economist
"No contemporary philosopher possesses a more imaginative mind,
broader interests, or greater dialectical abilities than Robert
Nozick."--Harper's
"[A] powerful critique of the Left-liberal moral philosophy that
underpinned the welfare state...a kind of libertarian
manifesto."--Telegraph (UK)
"[Nozick is] one of the 20th century's greatest political
theorists."--The Guardian
"[Nozick's] faculties of reasoning and imagination are rare; his
learning is enormous and interconnected...His ability to surround a
subject, to anticipate objections, to see through weakness and
pretense, to extract all the implications of a contention, to ask a
huge number of relevant questions about a seemingly settled matter,
to enlarge into full significance what has only been sketched by
others, is amazing."--George Kateb
"[S]imply and elegantly written, with charm and wit...brilliantly
reasoned and contrary."--Washington Post
"[Nozick's] critique of America's social welfare system...continues
to define the debate between conservatives and
liberals."--Christopher Lehmann-Haupt, New York Times
"A brilliant and important book, bound to contribute notably both
to theory and, in time, to the good of society."--W. V. Quine,
Harvard University
"This book is the best piece of sustained analytical argument in
political philosophy to have appeared for a very long time."--Mind
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