A Path to Peace

Born in Paris in 1889, the son of a French minister to Stockholm, Marcel frequented literary and political milieus, traveled extensively, and read widely in both German and Anglo-American philosophy. His best known books are Being and Having (1935), Man Against Mass Society (1952), and The Decline of Wisdom (1954). Robert Rosthal is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at the Woman's College of the University of North Carolina