The Open Society and Its Enemies
One of the Modern Library's 100 best nonfiction books of the twentieth century"Learned, subtly argued, and passionately written."--Sidney Hook,New York Times"No thinking person would be doing himself a service by neglecting Popper's book."--Joseph Craft,The Nation"One of the great books of the century."--Times(London)"Brilliant. . . . It remains the best intellectual defence of liberal democracy."--Economist"Magnificent."--Hugh Trevor-Roper,Polemic"Few philosophers . . . have combined such a vast width of knowledge with the capacity to produce important original ideas as [Popper] did."--Guardian"A major work. Combining the clarity of thought of the trained scientist with lucidity of presentation, Mr. Popper has written an unusually thoughtful and provocative book."--Hans Kohn,Yale Review