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(0)Roger Scruton
Author
Language
English
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Description
"One of The Times Literary Supplement's Books of the Year 2014, chosen by Jonathan Clark" "One of Flavorwire's 10 Best Books by Academic Publishers in 2014" "One of the Scotsman's Books of the Year 2014, chosen by Alexander McCall Smith" Roger Scruton (1944–2020) was a writer and philosopher. His many books included On Human Nature and The Aesthetics of Architecture (both Princeton), as well as A Short History of Modern Philosophy.
A compelling...
Author
Pub. Date
2003
Edition
Pbk. ed.
Physical Desc
xi, 187 pages ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
Scruton shows how the different religious and philosophical roots of Western and Islamic societies have resulted in those societies' profoundly divergent beliefs about the nature of political order. For one thing, the idea of the social contract, crucial to the self-conception of Western nations, is entirely absent in Islamic societies. Similarly, Scruton explains why the notions of territorial jurisdiction, citizenship, and the independent legitimacy...
3) Beauty
Author
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Formats
Description
In a book that is itself beautifully written, renowned philosopher Roger Scruton explores this timeless concept, asking what makes an object--either in art, in nature, or the human form--beautiful.--From publisher description.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2001
Edition
Rev. ed.
Lexile measure
1250L
Physical Desc
141 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
Kant is arguably the most influential modern philosopher, but also one of the most difficult. Roger Scruton tackles his exceptionally complex subject with a strong hand, exploring the background to Kant's work and showing why the Critique of Pure Reason has proved so enduring.
Author
Series
Very short introductions volume 70
Pub. Date
2002
Lexile measure
1370L
Physical Desc
129 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
From the Publisher: Father of the Enlightenment and the last guardian of the medieval world, Spinoza made a brilliant attempt to reconcile the conflicting moral and intellectual demands of his epoch and to present a vision of man as simultaneously bound by necessity and eternally free. Ostracized by the Jewish community in Amsterdam to which he was born, Spinoza developed a political philosophy that set out to justify the secular state ruled by a...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2005
Physical Desc
168 pages ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
"This is a personal view of philosophy from a renowned critic and thinker. In it, Roger Scruton focuses on the ideas and arguments which have attracted him to the subject and which have engaged his attention. He attempts to show how philosophy is relevant not just to intellectual questions, but also to life in the modern world."--Jacket.
14) Kant
Author
Series
Pub. Date
1982
Lexile measure
1250L
Physical Desc
99 pages ; 20 cm.
Language
English
