Peter Gay
Peter Gay
Peter Gaywas an American historian, educator and author. He was Sterling Professor of History at Yale University and former director of the New York Public Library's Center for Scholars and Writers. Gay received the American Historical Association'sAward for Scholarly Distinction in 2004. He authored over 25 books, including The Enlightenment: An Interpretation, a multi-volume award winner; Weimar Culture: The Outsider as Insider, a bestseller; and the widely translated Freud: A Life for Our Time...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionHistorian
Date of Birth20 June 1923
CountryUnited States of America
Peter Gay quotes about
I am not comfortable with the life-against-death generalization that Freud makes; it strikes me as too convenient.
To have a liberal temperament is a kind of psychological boon, To be able to understand that someone you disagree with is not just a terrible creature but somebody with whom you disagree.