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Corliss Lamont

Born

in New Jersey, The United States

March 28, 1902

Died

April 26, 1995

Genre

Politics, Philosophy

Influences

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American philosopher and Soviet Union apologist.

In 1930s he wrote a book praising the Soviet Union.

In 1936 he started the magazine Marxist Quarterly. In 1937 he endorsed Josef Stalin and the trial outcome of the Moscow trials against Leon Trotsky.

Lamont was a key founder of the National Council of American-Soviet Friendship. He served as its first chairman from 1943 to 1947.

Lamont ran for the U.S. Senate from New York, in 1952 on the American Labor ticket and come in fourth.

In 1959, Lamont became an enthusiastic supporter of Fidel Castro and his revolutionary government in Cuba.

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Average rating: 3.98 · 213 ratings · 28 reviews · 89 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Philosophy of Humanism 3.97 avg rating — 127 ratings — published 1949 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Illusion of Immortality 4.19 avg rating — 42 ratings — published 1990 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Humanist Funeral Service 3.88 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 1977 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Humanist Wedding Service 3.75 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 1972 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Freedom of Choice Affirmed 3.83 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1981 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lover's Credo: Poems of Love 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Freedom Is As Freedom Does: Civil Liberties in America 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1956 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dear Corliss: Letters from Eminent Persons liked it 3.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1990 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Thomas Lamonts in America liked it 3.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1972	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Lifetime of Dissent it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1988 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“The cause-effect sequences in our brains are just as determining, just as inescapable, as anywhere else in Nature.”
― Corliss Lamont

tags: brains, causally-determined, cause-and-effect, determinism, lack-of-free-will, laws-of-nature, nature, neuroscience, no-free-will, science, will

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