Philip P. Wiener Livres

"It is not often that the term 'monumental' can be applied to a work of international scholarship without hyperbole and with literal accuracy; the Dictionary of the History of Ideas surely provides one of those rare occasions. …The final impression created by this work is one of immense respect, of immense appreciation. "The list of contributors reads like a scholarly Hall of Fame, and they have taken their tasks seriously, giving their best. There is a remarkably high level of quality here, not only in the scholarship, but in the writing, which is almost universally extremely lucid, direct, and admirably free from unnecessary jargon, often elegant, and even witty. The writers all write as if they are enjoying their task, and this makes for enjoyable reading." - F.E.L. Priestly, Journal of the History of Ideas