A.C. Grayling
Birth date: April 03, 1949
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To understand who we are one must first understand where we came from and how we got there. Nothing provides more insight into our current human condition than a well thought out history about a critical century of thought such as this book provides. I've noticed that my "Scientific American" during...
20% read and it is pretty good. Language has meaning. So, don't use god with the capital letter. Also, god is a concept and not a real entity. Pretty fine read. The book is divided into two parts with 22 chapters. Part I is about religion and teasing out the origins and wrongs of religi...
A series of essays that read like an ode to science. Good poetry makes you feel your way to understanding, and these essays let you understand by feeling and just gives enough to whet you curiosity on the topic and give you further ideas for further listening.This book would make a great first scien...
I have issues with Grayling's views on religionIn general this is quite a useful book, providing an opportunity to organise odds and ends of knowledge, with introductions to subjects for further reading, even if the book suggestions are at times limited and unimaginative. Grayling is informative, bu...
A sort of refresher course in art, history and science in the form of a miscellany of essays on particular topics. Grayling offers insight and opinion on the virtues of a liberal education, the trouble with Norman Foster, the brilliance of Marie Curie and of Simone de Beauvoir, amongst many reflecti...
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