Charles Bernstein - Teachers Make a Difference Stanley Cavell

The speaker describes their challenging transition from the Bronx High School of Science in New York to Harvard College in Cambridge. In the spring of 1969, they took a class with the philosopher Stanley Cabal, which deeply influenced them. The class, Humanities 5, covered the history of western philosophy and works by Thoreau, Emerson, and Rousseau. The speaker became friends with Cabal, visiting his home and learning from his approach.

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