Eberhard (alias) Edward Conze
[18.03.1904 - 24.09.1979]
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| The Memoirs of A Modern Gnostic - Part II Politics, People and Places Sherborne 1979 |
| Preface: iii-vi |
| I: Politics |
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On being a German abroad … 1 A few recollections from my CP days … 6 First contact with Marxism, and later doubts about it … 15 Unkind remarks about Buddhist Societies at home and abroad … 30 |
| II: People |
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Etienne Lamotte … 42 Guiseppe Tucci … 47 Some Cambridge personalities … 53 E.F. Schumacher … 60 Providence and my friend Dr. Diederichs … 66 Heinrich Scholz and a syphilitic girl … 70 On people in general … 75 |
| III: Places |
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Visits to Italy … 88 Visit to the Soviet Union in 1960 … 91 Visits to the United States, 1963-1973 … 105 Visit to Bonn in 1969-1970 … 119 |
| Appendices: |
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Joseph Needham's Letter of 1960 … 131 A Bird's Eye View of Part III … 132 List of Dates … 136 List of Abbreviations … 138 The Foreign Quotations … 139 |
| Additions … 144 |
| Index of Names … 149-162 |
| The Memoirs of A Modern Gnostic - Part II »fills in some details and gives me ample opportunity to comment on many things« |
You can never do anything
which does not do itself
Memoirs, Part II: p. 65
