A. C. Grayling
Nació 3 April 1949
De Luanshya, Copperbelt Province, Zambia · Nacionalidad: United Kingdom · Escribe no ficción
A. C. Grayling es el Director del New College of the Humanities, en el Reino Unido. Ha escrito y editado numerosas obras de filosofía y es autor de biografías de Descartes y William Hazlitt. Cree que la filosofía debe desempeñar un papel activo y útil en la sociedad. Ha colaborado con regularidad en The Times, Financial Times, Observer, Independent on Sunday, Economist, Literary Review, New Statesman y Prospect, y es un invitado frecuente y muy popular en programas de radio y televisión, entre ellos Newsnight, Today, In Our Time, Start the Week y los informativos de CNN. Es miembro del Foro Económico Mundial en Davos y asesora a numerosos comités, desde los dedicados a las pruebas de drogas en el trabajo hasta organizaciones de derechos humanos.
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“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. xiEn inglés “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 6En inglés “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 57En inglés “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 13En inglés “Confusion is the beginning of wisdom.”
Life, Sex, and Ideas: The Good Life Without God, Chapter 60En inglés
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Los libros de A. C. Grayling en orden
Los libros de A. C. Grayling en el orden en que se publicaron, de An Introduction to Philosophical Logic (1982) a The History of Philosophy (2019).
- 1An Introduction to Philosophical Logic
An Introduction to Philosophical Logic1982 - 2Wittgenstein : A Very Short Introduction
Wittgenstein : A Very Short Introduction1988 - 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 - A Humanist Bible
The Good Book - A Humanist Bible2011 - 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 - 24The History of Philosophy
The History of Philosophy2019