A. C. Grayling
Born 3 April 1949
From Luanshya, Copperbelt Province, Zambia · Nationality: United Kingdom · Writes nonfiction
A. C. Grayling is Master of the New College of the Humanities, UK. He has written and edited numerous works of philosophy and is the author of biographies of Descartes and William Hazlitt. He believes that philosophy should take an active, useful role in society. He has been a regular contributor to The Times, Financial Times, Observer, Independent on Sunday, Economist, Literary Review, New Statesman and Prospect, and is a frequent and popular contributor to radio and television programmes, including Newsnight, Today, In Our Time, Start the Week and CNN news. He is a Fellow of the World Economic Forum at Davos, and advises on many committees ranging from Drug Testing at Work to human rights groups.
Quotes
“Of all the questions we can ask ourselves the most important is: how is one best to live?”
Life, Sex, and Ideas: The Good Life Without God, p. xi “They beautifully illustrate the recipe for nonsense, which is: take something strange-looking, whose meaning is now forgotten, and liberally stir in imagination and superstition.”
Life, Sex, and Ideas: The Good Life Without God, Chapter 6 “The one thing that is more dangerous than true ignorance is the illusion of understanding.”
Life, Sex, and Ideas: The Good Life Without God, Chapter 57 “The growth of civilisation is measured by refinements of living and increasing distance from the immediacies of survival.”
Life, Sex, and Ideas: The Good Life Without God, Chapter 13 “Confusion is the beginning of wisdom.”
Life, Sex, and Ideas: The Good Life Without God, Chapter 60
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Books by A. C. Grayling in order
Books by A. C. Grayling in the order they were published, from An Introduction to Philosophical Logic (1982) to History of Philosophy (2019).
- 1An Introduction to Philosophical Logic
An Introduction to Philosophical Logic1982 - 2Wittgenstein
Wittgenstein1988 - 3Philosophy
Philosophy1995 - 4Russell
Russell1996 - 5Philosophy 2
Philosophy 21998 - 6The Quarrel of the Age
The Quarrel of the Age2000 - 7The God Argument
The God Argument2001 - 8The Meaning of Things
The Meaning of Things2001 - 9Meditations for the Humanist
Meditations for the Humanist2002 - 10The Reason of Things
The Reason of Things2002 - 11Life, Sex and Ideas
Life, Sex and Ideas2003 - 12The Mystery of Things
The Mystery of Things2004 - 13Descartes
Descartes2005 - 14Among the Dead Cities
Among the Dead Cities2006 - 15The Form of Things
The Form of Things2006 - 16The Heart of Things
The Heart of Things2006 - 17Ideas That Matter
Ideas That Matter2009 - 18Thinking of Answers
Thinking of Answers2010 - 19The Good Book
The Good Book2011 - 20Friendship
Friendship2013 - 21The Challenge of Things
The Challenge of Things2015 - 22The Age of Genius
The Age of Genius2016 - 23Democracy and Its Crisis
Democracy and Its Crisis2017 - 24History of Philosophy
History of Philosophy2019