Charles Frankel

Charles Frankel was chairman and professor of philosophy at Columbia University until his untimely death in 1979. He served as the head of the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Johnson administration, and was a visiting professor at the Sorbonne under the Fulbright Exchange program. He also was the author of The Faith of Reason, editor of Rousseau's Social Contract and The Uses of Philosophy.

Charles Frankel was chairman and professor of philosophy at Columbia University until his untimely death in 1979. He served as the head of the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Johnson administration, and was a visiting professor at the Sorbonne under the Fulbright Exchange program. He also was the author of The Faith of Reason, editor of Rousseau's Social Contract and The Uses of Philosophy. See less