Philosophy: Principles and Problems

ISBN-13: 9781474288958 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 128 str.

Roger Scruton

Opis

In Philosophy: Principles and Problems Roger Scruton shares the ideas and arguments which initially attracted him to the subject and those which have engaged his attention throughout his career. Through discussions of major philosophers, Kant and Wittgenstein in particular, he attempts to show how philosophy is relevant to life in the modern world. The topics he discusses range from the nature of truth, to Music, History, sex, morality and God. Read this book, therefore, to share a profound philosopher's thoughts about some of the major problems of our time. The Bloomsbury Revelations edition includes a new preface from the author.

Recenzje

Scruton's forthrightness is exemplary. He is cogent without being coercive and his brevity does not wholly conceal his wit. Sunday Times

Spis treści

Preface1. Why?2. Truth3. The Demon4. Subject and Object5. Persons6. Time7. God8. Freedom9. Morality10. Sex11. Music12. HistoryFurther ReadingIndex

O autorze

Sir Roger Scruton is widely seen as one of the greatest conservative thinkers of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries and a polymath who wrote a wide array of fiction, non-fiction and reviews. He was the author of over fifty books.A graduate of Jesus College, Cambridge, Scruton was Professor of Aesthetics at Birkbeck College, London; University Professor at Boston University, and a visiting professor at Oxford University. He was one of the founders of the Salisbury Review, contributed regularly to The Spectator, The Times and the Daily Telegraph and was for many years wine critic for the New Statesman. Sir Roger Scruton died in January 2020.