George Kline

George L. Kline
Born	(1921-03-03)March 3, 1921 Galesburg, Illinois
Died	October 21, 2014(2014-10-21) (aged 93)
Alma mater	Boston University Columbia University
Era	20th century philosophy
Region	Western Philosophy
School	Continental philosophy
Main interests	Political philosophy, ethics, Russian philosophy Slavic studies, Russian poetry
Notable ideas	Nietzschean Marxism

George Louis Kline (March 3, 1921 – October 21, 2014) was a philosopher, translator (esp. of Russian philosophy and poetry), and prominent American specialist in Russian and Soviet philosophy, author of more than 300 publications, including two monographs, six edited or co-edited anthologies, more than 165 published articles, book chapters, and encyclopedia entries, over 55 translations, and 75 reviews. The majority of his works are in English, but translations of some of them have appeared in Russian, German, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Polish, Serbo-Croatian, Korean and Japanese. He is particularly noted for his authoritative studies on Spinoza, Hegel, and Whitehead. He was President of the Hegel Society of America (1984–86), and President of the Metaphysical Society of America (1985–86). He has also made notable contributions to the study of Marx and the Marxist tradition. He attended Boston University for three years (1938–41), but his education was interrupted by service in the U.S. Army Air Corps during WW II, for which he was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross.^[1]