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Russell by A.C. Grayling
Category: Philosophy and Religion | Series: Very Short Introductions
Bertrand Russell (1872-1970) is one of the most famous and important philosophers of the twentieth century. In this account of his life and work A.C. Grayling introduces both his technical contributions to logic and philosophy, and his wide-ranging views on education, politics, war, and sexual morality. ...Show more
Scepticism and the Possibility of Knowledge by A.C. Grayling
Category: Philosophy and Religion
This book discusses a subject of particular resonance today when belief - religious and otherwise - can shape the modern world. Complex theories are brought to life by Grayling's skill and accessible style. A book on scepticism from Anthony Grayling is to be greatly valued. Grayling is rare among academ ...Show more
The Age of Genius - The Seventeenth Century and the Birth of the Modern Mind by A C Grayling
Category: Philosophy and Religion
What happened to the European mind between 1605, when an audience watching Macbeth at the Globe might believe that regicide was such an aberration of the natural order that ghosts could burst from the ground, and 1649, when a large crowd, perhaps including some who had seen Macbeth forty-four years earl ...Show more
The Age of Genius: The Seventeenth Century and the Birth of the Modern Mind by A. C. Grayling
Category: Reference
What happened to the European mind between 1605, when an audience watching Macbeth at the Globe might believe that regicide was such an aberration of the natural order that ghosts could burst from the ground, and 1649, when a large crowd, perhaps including some who had seen Macbeth forty-four years earl ...Show more
The Challenge of Things - Thinking Through Troubled Times by A. C. Grayling
Category: Philosophy and Religion
A. C. Grayling's lucid and stimulating books, based on the idea that philosophy should engage with the world and make itself useful, are immensely popular. The Challenge of Things joins earlier collections like The Reason of Things and Thinking of Answers, but this time to collect Grayling's recent writ ...Show more
The Choice of Hercules: Pleasure, Duty and the Good Life in the 21st Century by A. C. Grayling
Category: Philosophy
Duty or Pleasure? This was the legendary choice which faced Hercules and which pre-eminent philosopher A. C. Grayling uses as the starting point of his masterful new book. He shows us how much more people can understand about themselves and their world by reflecting on today's moral challenges. Above ...Show more
The Choice of Hercules - Pleasure, Duty and the good life in the 21st century by A C Grayling
Category: Philosophy and Religion
Duty or Pleasure? This was the legendary choice which faced Hercules and which pre-eminent philosopher AC Grayling uses as the starting point of this masterful book. He shows us how much more people can understand about themselves and their world by reflecting on today's moral challenges. Above all, he ...Show more