The dynamic, creative present, however conditioned and restricted by the effects of prior presents, possesses genuine initiative.

Lamont taught at Columbia Cornell Harvard and the New School for Social Research. edition (with gender neutral. From 1951 until 1958 he was denied a passport by the State Department.

Corliss Lamont (March 28 1902 – April 26 1995) was a socialist philosopher and advocate of various left-wing and civil liberties causes. As a part of his political activities he was the Chairman of National Council of American-Soviet Friendship starting from early 1940s.