American Philosophy A Love Story Author:John Kaag In American Philosophy, John Kaag, a disillusioned philosopher, stumbles upon a treasure trove of rare books on an old estate in New Hampshire that once belonged to the Harvard philosopher William Ernest Hocking. The library includes notes from Whitman, inscriptions from Frost, and first editions of Hobbes, Descartes, and Kant. As he begins to c... more »atalog and preserve these books, Kaag rediscovers the very tenets of American philosophy-- self-reliance, pragmatism, the transcendent-- and sees them in a new context. Part intellectual history, part memoir, American Philosophy is an investigation of American pragmatism and the wisdom that underlies a meaningful life.« less