Sir Anthony Kenny was formerly Pro-Vice-Chancellor at Oxford University, Master of Balliol College, Oxford and Warden of Rhodes House, Oxford. He was also President of the British Academy, Chairman of the Board of the British Library and a Trustee of Wittgenstein's copyrights. He is the author or editor of more than 30 books, including "The Wittgenstein Reader" (Second Edition, 2006), "A Brief History of Western Philosophy" (1998) and "The Legacy of Wittgenstein "(1984), all published by Blackwell.