Henry Flynt
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- Born
- 1675
- Died
- 1760
- Works
- 11
Top works
- The diary of Tutor Henry Flynt of Harvard College
- Righteousness and uprightness recommended, from the high regards, which the righteous Lord shews thereto
- When the godly cease, and faithful fail; we must seek to God for help
- Twenty sermons
- The doctrine of the last judgment
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Henry Flynt was born in 1940 in Greensboro, NC. He is a philosopher, musician, anti-art activist and exhibited artist, whom unsympathetic reviewers often link to Fluxus. In 1960, with the first draft of "Philosophy Proper," he arrived at what he would later call cognitive nihilism, the basis of his contributions. The work proposed to refute analytic philosophy and logical positivism with their own means. In 1961, he coined the term concept art to refer to "an art of which the material is con
Key dates
- Born
- 1 January 1940
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Henry
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Greensboro
- Occupation
- artist
- Movement
- Fluxus
- Instrument
- violin
- Official website
- www.henryflynt.org
- Image
- Henry Flynt in 2008.jpg
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