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A. C. Grayling "The Form of Things: Essays on Life, Ideas and Liberty"
Orion Publishing 2006 0297851675 / 9780297851677 Hardcover New
"'''Grief and loneliness, depression, despair and failure—those things . . . are the common human lot at least at times in all our lives.'' Yet it is philosophy which, while not providing an answer to these problems, can enable us to prepare for them, and create strategies with which to deal with them. It is only through reflecting upon the world around us, reading, thinking, questioning, enjoying, that we can inculcate understanding, tolerance, and importantly the courage to live our lives. It is our responsibility to live such ''considered lives'' and to realize that we are authors of a narrative that can be shaped and controlled. This is the fifth in a series of essay miscellanies from our foremost philosopher A.C. Grayling, reflecting upon the form of our world and its multiplicity. The essays are grouped by theme into reflections upon life and the standards we live by, including vivid polemics and perceptive pieces on significant thinkers, contemporary rights, and liberties issues...'' ID: mon0000121827"
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9.78 USD
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A.C. Grayling Towards the Light: The Story of the Struggles for Liberty and Rights That Made the Modern West
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC 2008 0747592993 / 9780747592990 Paperback Very Good
"clean, tight has a remainder mark, some light creasing on some pages.() The often-violent conflicts of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries were sparked by the pursuit of freedom of thought. In time, this drive led to bitter fighting, including the English Civil War. Then came revolutions in America and France that swept away monarchies for more representative forms of government and making possible the abolition of slavery, the enfranchisement of women, and the idea of universal human rights and freedoms. Each of these struggles was a memorable human drama, and Grayling interweaves the stories of these heroes, including Martin Luther, Mary Wollstonecraft and Rosa Parks, whose sacrifices make us value these precious rights, especially in an age when governments under pressure find it necessary to restrict rights in the name of freedom. ID: mon0000077869"
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8.16 USD
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