The Form of Things
Essays on Life, Ideas and Liberty
$42.73
- Paperback
256 pages
- Release Date
1 December 2007
Summary
‘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 ou…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780753822234 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0753822237 |
| Author: | A.C. Grayling, Prof A.C. Grayling |
| Publisher: | Orion Publishing Co |
| Imprint: | Weidenfeld & Nicolson |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 1 December 2007 |
| Weight: | 220g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 128mm x 24mm |
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Critics Review
“In brisk, pithy, jargon-free prose, Grayling opens issues for ordinary readers, leaving them with something to think about without, much of the time, trying to settle anything.”
“Grayling has that wonderful gift that all good teachers have, the ability to simplify” Herald
About The Author
A.C. Grayling
Anthony Grayling teaches philosophy at Birkbeck College, London and is a Fellow of St Anne’s, Oxford. He reviews regularly in the Financial Times. He has a regular column in Prospect and the Guardian on Saturday.
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