Robert C. Solomon

The University of Texas at
Austin
Ph.D., University of Michigan

Robert C. Solomon was the Quincy Lee Centennial
Professor of Business and Philosophy at the University
of Texas at Austin, where he taught for more than 30
years. He received his undergraduate degree in Molecular
Biology from the University of Pennsylvania and his
master's and doctoral degrees in Philosophy and
Psychology from the University of Michigan. He held
visiting appointments at the University of Pennsylvania;
the University of Auckland, New Zealand; UCLA; Princeton
University; and Mount Holyoke College.

Professor Solomon won many teaching honors, including
the Standard Oil Outstanding Teaching Award; the
President's Associates Teaching Award (twice); and the
Chad Oliver Plan II Teaching Award. In addition, he was
a member of Academy of Distinguished Teachers at UT,
which is devoted to providing leadership in improving
the quality and depth of undergraduate instruction.

Professor Solomon wrote or edited more than 45 books,
including The Passions, About Love,
Ethics and Excellence, A Short History of
Philosophy with Professor Kathleen Higgins, A
Better Way to Think about Business, The Joy of
Philosophy, Spirituality for the Skeptic,
Not Passion's Slave, and In Defense of
Sentimentality. He also designed and provided
programs for corporations and organizations around the
world. Professor Solomon passed away in early
2007.

Courses by this
professor:
Great
Minds of the Western Intellectual Tradition, 3rd
Edition >
No
Excuses: Existentialism and the Meaning of
Life >
Passions:
Philosophy and the Intelligence of Emotions >

Will
to Power: The Philosophy of Friedrich
Nietzsche >
Will
to Power: The Philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche & No
Excuses: Existentialism and the Meaning of Life
(Set) >

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