Download or read book Selected Writings of Richard McKeon written by Richard P. McKeon and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1998-03-28 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Richard McKeon (1900-1985) taught philosophy at the University of Chicago from 1935 to 1973, and at the time of his death had published eleven books and 158 articles on an extraordinary array of topics and cultures. This first volume of an ambitious three-volume work covers philosophic theory through McKeon's writings on first philosophy (metaphysics) and the methods and principles of the sciences.