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The Form of Things by A.C. Grayling
Category: Philosophy and Religion
'Grief and loneliness, depression, despair and failure - those things... are the common human lot at least at times in all our lives'. Yet it is philosophy which, while not providing an answer to these problems, can enable us to prepare for them, and create strategies with which to deal with them. It is ...Show more
The Form of Things: Essays on Life, Ideas and Liberty in the 21st Century by A.C. Grayling
Category: Fiction
'Grief and loneliness, depression, despair and failure - those things are the common human lot at least at times in all our lives'. Yet it is philosophy which, while not providing an answer to these problems, can enable us to prepare for them, and create strategies with which to deal with them. It is on ...Show more
The Frontiers of Knowledge: What We Know About Science, History and The Mind by A C Grayling
Category: Philosophy and Religion
What do we know, and how do we know it? What do we now know that we don't know? And what have we learnt about the obstacles to knowing more? In a time of deepening battles over what knowledge and truth mean, these questions matter more than ever. Bestselling polymath and philosopher A. C. Grayling seeks ...Show more
The Frontiers of Knowledge: What We Know About Science, History and The Mind by A. C. Grayling
Category: Philosophy and Religion
In very recent times humanity has learnt a vast amount about the universe, the past, and itself. But through our remarkable successes in acquiring knowledge we have learned how much we have yet to learn: the science we have, for example, addresses just 5 per cent of the universe; pre-history is still be ...Show more
The God Argument - The Case Against Religion and for Humanism by A C Grayling
Category: Philosophy and Religion
There has been a bad-tempered quarrel between defenders and critics of religion in recent years. Both sides have expressed themselves acerbically because there is a very great deal at stake in the debate. This book thoroughly and calmly examines all the arguments and associated considerations offered in ...Show more
The God Argument: The Case Against Religion and for Humanism by A C Grayling (Birkbeck College, University of London University of London)
Category: History
What are the arguments for and against religion and religious belief--all of them--right across the range of reasons and motives that people have for being religious, and do they stand up to scrutiny? Can there be a clear, full statement of these arguments that once and for all will show what is at stak ...Show more
The Good Book: A Humanist Bible by A C Grayling
Category: Reference
Few, if any, thinkers and writers today would have the imagination, the breadth of knowledge, the literary skill, and-yes-the audacity to conceive of a powerful, secular alternative to the Bible. But that is exactly what A.C. Grayling has done by creating a non-religious Bible, drawn from the wealth of ...Show more
The Good Book - A Secular Bible by A. C. Grayling
Category: Philosophy and Religion
Drawing on the wisdom of 2,500 years of contemplative non-religious writing on all that it means to be human - from the origins of the universe to small matters of courtesy and kindness in everyday life - A. C. Grayling, Britain's most popular and widely read philosopher, has created a secular bible. D ...Show more
The Good State - On the Principles of Democracy by A C Grayling
Category: Philosophy and Religion
The foundations upon which our democracies stand are inherently flawed, vulnerable to corrosion from within. What is the remedy? A. C. Grayling makes the case for a clear, consistent, principled and written constitution, and sets out the reforms necessary - among them addressing the imbalance of power ...Show more
The Good State - On the Principles of Democracy by A. C. Grayling
Category: Philosophy and Religion
The foundations upon which our democracies stand are inherently flawed, vulnerable to corrosion from within. What is the remedy? A. C. Grayling makes the case for a clear, consistent, principled, and written constitution, and sets out the reforms necessary-among them addressing the imbalance of power be ...Show more
The Heart of Things by A.C. Grayling
Category: Culture
The new bestseller from one of Britain's most pre-eminent philosophers and arguably the best known, A.C. Grayling Everyone wishes to live a life that is satisfying and fulfilling, in which there is achievement and pleasure, and which has the respect of people one, in turn, respects. And one of the funda ...Show more
The Heart of Things - Applying philosophy to the 21st Century by A C Grayling
Category: Fiction
The new bestseller from one of Britain's most pre-eminent philosophers and arguably the best know, A.C. Grayling In this new collection A.C. Grayling extends the range of his previous two books to show how much understanding people can gain about themselves and their world by reflecting on the lesson ...Show more