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Most of the slaves, who were thus unconditionally freed, returned without any solicitation to their former masters, to serve them, at stated wages; as free men. The work, which they now did, was found to better done than before.
Max Black
Born: February 24, 1909
Died: August 27, 1988 (aged 79)
Bio: Max Black was a British-American philosopher, who was a figure in analytic philosophy in the first half of the twentieth century.
Known for:
- Models and metaphors
- Philosophy in America (1965)
- The prevalence of humbug, and other essays (1983)
- Problems of analysis (1954)
- Art, Perception and Reality (1972)