An Intelligent Person's Guide to Philosophy - Hardcover

Scruton, Roger

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0713992263 ISBN 13: 9780713992267

Publisher: Allen Lane, 1998

Synopsis

A modern philosopher and author of Modern Philosophy presents a useful, refreshing guide for "doing" rather than "studying" philosophy, making the subject accessible and real to the layperson. 10,000 first printing.

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Review:

'This is a marvellous book which gives back to philosophy the sweep and depth it once had before linguistic analysis reduced it to a study of words and their meaning. Scruton is unafraid to take on the big topics... with imagination and verve.' Jonathan Sacks, Financial Times

About the Author:

Roger Scruton is a writer and philosopher who has held positions at the universities of London, Oxford, Boston and St Andrews and who has written widely on art, architecture, music and aesthetics. His books include his now classic Short History of Modern Philosophy (1981), The Aesthetics of Music (1997), Death-Devoted Heart: Sex and the Sacred in Wagner's Tristan and Isolde (2004), Fools, Frauds and Firebrands (1985, republished 2015) an examination of the New Left and its influence on intellectual life in Europe and America. He is a fellow of the British Academy and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.

About this edition

• Publisher: Allen Lane
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0713992263
• ISBN 13: 9780713992267
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 176