15. An Ontological Window

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents 1
3. Photographs 7
4. DRAWINGS 9
5. Introduction 11
6. Preface 15
7. Abbreviations 19
8. Prologue 21
9. BOOK ONE: GRANDFATHER
10. 1. Tenants Become Landlords 23
11. BOOK TWO: FATHER
12. 2. A Crime against Childhood 37
13. 3. Flight from Union 45
14. 4. A Conflict of Wills 58
15. 5. Ideology for a Prodigal 76
16. 6. Words and Work 89
17. BOOK THREE: SON
18. 7. A Painter's Vocation 101
19. 8. The Murdered Self 117
20. 9. Evolution at Harvard 146
21. 10. Basic Science vs. the Humbug of Medicine 154
22. 11. Vacation in Brazil 169
23. 12. The Use and Abuse of Illness 182
24. 13. An Invalid Physician 206
25. 14. A Singular Life 223
26. 15. An Ontological Window 236
27. 16. Two Brothers at War and a Sister at Home 251
28. 17. Declining Fortunes 272
29. 18. A Sort of Fatality 298
30. 19. Professor James 316
31. Epilogue 330
32. Notes 349
33. Index 371