Arthur Oncken Lovejoy (October 10, 1873, Berlin - December 30, 1962, Baltimore) was an influential American intellectual historian, who founded the field known as the history of ideas. Lovejoy was born in Berlin, Germany while his father was doing medical research there. Eighteen months later, his mother committed suicide, whereupon his father gave up medicine and became a clergyman. Lovejoy studied philosophy, first at the University of California, … Wikipedia
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