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The History of Philosophy by A C Grayling
Category: Philosophy and Religion
The first authoritative and accessible single-volume history of philosophy to cover both Western and Eastern traditions, from one of the world's most eminent thinkers The story of philosophy is the story of who we are and why. An epic tale, spanning civilizations and continents, it explores some of the ...Show more
The History of Philosophy by A. C. Grayling
Category: Philosophy and Religion
The first authoritative and accessible single-volume history of philosophy to cover both Western and Eastern traditions, from one of the world's most eminent thinkers The story of philosophy is an epic tale, spanning civilizations and continents. It explores some of the most creative minds in history. B ...Show more
The History of Philosophy by A. C. Grayling
Category: Philosophy and Religion
"A witty, learned, authoritative survey of philosophical thought." --The New York Times Book Review The first authoritative and accessible single-volume history of philosophy to cover both Western and Eastern traditions, from one of the world's most eminent thinkers The story of philosophy is an ep ...Show more
The Meaning of Things - Applying Philosophy to Life by A C Grayling
Category: Philosophy and Religion
A refreshing distillation of insights into the human condition, by one of the best-known and most popular philosophers in the UK. Thinking about life, what it means and what it holds in store does not have to be a despondent experience, but rather can be enlightening and uplifting. A life truly worth li ...Show more
The Mystery of Things by A.C. Grayling
Category: Culture
Following on from the huge success of The Meaning of Things and The Reason of Things, this is the new collection of bestselling essays from Britain's top philosopher.'Human genius has done much, and promises much, in the way of removing the mystery from many things in our world; at the same time it reco ...Show more
The Mystery of Things by A C Grayling
Category: Fiction
A.C. Grayling answers life's most important questions. 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 lessons offered by science, the arts (including literature) and hi ...Show more
The Reason of Things - Living with Philosophy by A.C. Grayling
Category: Culture
The most important question we can ask ourselves is: what kind of life is the best? This is the same as asking: how does one give meaning to one's life? How can one justify one's existence and make it worthwhile? How does one make experience valuable, and keep growing and learning in the process - and t ...Show more
Thinking of Answers: Questions in the Philosophy of Everyday Life by A.C. Grayling
Category: Philosophy and Religion
The essays in this book, drawn mainly from A. C. Grayling's columns in "Prospect", the "Dubliner" and "The Times", are in fact responses to questions set by editors and readers. If beauty existed only in the eye of the beholder, would that make it an unimportant quality? Are human rights political? Can ...Show more
Thinking of Answers - Questions in the Philosophy of Everyday Life by A C Grayling
Category: Philosophy and Religion
The essays in this book, drawn mainly from A. C. Grayling's columns in Prospect, the Dubliner and The Times, are in fact responses to questions set by editors and readers. If beauty existed only in the eye of the beholder, would that make it an unimportant quality? Are human rights political? Can ethics ...Show more
To Set Prometheus Free : Essays on Religion, Reason and Humanity by A. C. Grayling
Category: Plays | Series: Oberon Masters Ser.
While the brevity of the essays served its purpose in A.C. Grayling's bookAgainst All Gods, many correspondents have asked for a fuller statement of the case against religion, which Professor Grayling provides inTo Set Prometheus Free with the essays collected here.
Towards the Light: The Story of the Struggles for Liberty and Rights That Made the Modern West by A. C. Grayling
Category: Culture | Series: Bloomsbury Revelations
In Towards the Light, A.C. Grayling tells the story of the long and difficult battle for freedom in the West, from the Reformation to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, from the battle for the vote to the struggle for the right to freedom of conscience. As Grayling passionately affirms, it is a ...Show more
Towards the Light : The Story of the Struggles for Liberty and Rights That Made the Modern West by A.C. Grayling
Category: Reference Dictionaries Words
He begins with the often-violent conflicts of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries - involving the likes of Torquemada, Servetus, Zwingli and Castellio - which were sparked by the pursuit of freedom of thought, uncontrolled by the Church and the Inquisition. In time, this drive towards greater independ ...Show more