Michael Polanyi

Michael Polanyi (1891–1976) emigrated from Hungary to Germany and later to England, where he was Professor of Physical Chemistry and then Professor of Social Studies at the University of Manchester.

republications

The Eclipse of Thought

* Michael Polanyi’s preface to his 1951 book The Logic of Liberty begins: “These pieces were written in the course of the last eight years. They represent my consistently renewed efforts to clarify the position of liberty in response to a number of questions raised by our troubled period of