The Form of Things: Essays on Life, Ideas and Liberty - Softcover

Grayling, Prof A.C.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0753822237 ISBN 13: 9780753822234

Publisher: W&N, 2007

Synopsis

The bestseller from our pre-eminent philosopher, A.C. Grayling

'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 only through reflecting upon the world around us, reading, thinking, questioning, enjoying, that we can inculcate understanding, tolerance and importantly the courage to live our lives. It is our responsibility to live such 'considered lives' and to realise that we are authors of a narrative that can be shaped and controlled.

This is the fifth in a series of essay miscellanies from our foremost philosopher A.C. Grayling, reflecting upon the form of our world and its multiplicity. The essays are grouped by theme into reflections upon life and the standards we live by, including vivid polemics and perceptive pieces on significant thinkers, contemporary rights and liberties issues. This book brilliantly articulates the philosophical debate and reflection that is needed to prepare us for life in the twenty-first century.

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Review:

Grayling has that wonderful gift that all good teachers have, the ability to simplify

Book Description:

A new edition of the bestseller from our pre-eminent philosopher, A.C. Grayling

About this edition

• Publisher: W&N
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0753822237
• ISBN 13: 9780753822234
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256