The Good Book by A C Grayling
Designed to be read as narrative and also to be dipped into for inspiration, encouragement and consolation, The Good Book offers a thoughtful, non-religious alternative to the many people who do not follow one of the world's great religions. Instead, going back to traditions older than Christianity, and far richer and more various, including the non-theistic philosophical and literary schools of the great civilisations of both West and East, from the Greek philosophy of classical antiquity and its contemporaneous Confucian, Mencian and Mohist schools in China, down through classical Rome, the flourishing of Indian and Arab worlds, the European Renaissance and Enlightenment, the worldwide scientific discoveries of the 19th and 20th centuries to the present, Grayling collects, edits, rearranges and organises the collective secular wisdom of the world in one highly readable volume. Contents: Genesis Proverbs Histories Songs Wisdom Acts The Lawgiver Lamentations Concord Consolations Sages The Good Parables
Praise for The Meaning of Things
‘Deeply humane and subtle in its thought as well as being imbued with a rare spirit of enlightenment' * Financial Times *
‘Grayling writes with clarity, elegance and the occasional aphoristic twist..straight alpha material' * Sunday Telegraph *
'An enthusiastic thinker who embraces humour, common sense and lucidity' * Independent *
‘Deeply humane and subtle in its thought as well as being imbued with a rare spirit of enlightenment' * Financial Times *
‘Grayling writes with clarity, elegance and the occasional aphoristic twist..straight alpha material' * Sunday Telegraph *
'An enthusiastic thinker who embraces humour, common sense and lucidity' * Independent *
A.C. Grayling is Professor of Philosophy at Birkbeck College, University of London, and a multi-talented author. 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.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780747599609 |
| ISBN 10 | 0747599602 |
| Title | The Good Book |
| Author | A C Grayling |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Year published | 2011-04-04 |
| Number of pages | 608 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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