Brief Encounters: Notes from a Philosopher's Diary - Brossura

Kenny, Anthony

Brossura

ISBN 10: 028107920X ISBN 13: 9780281079209

Casa editrice: Society for Promoting Christian, 2019

Riassunto

Cardinals, directors, dissidents, dons, judges, novelists, philosophers, prime ministers, scientists, world statesmen. . . Throughout his long and distinguished career, Sir Anthony Kenny has encountered some of the most notable and influential leaders of the post-war world.

In these brilliantly vivid vignettes Kenny offers telling and often unexpected insights into the achievements, flaws and foibles of sixty public figures - past and present - each of whom has contributed in decisive ways to our political, spiritual and cultural heritage.

Anthony Kenny is one of the world's most eminent philosophers, whose writings are widely read and admired by believer and non-believer alike Including: great thinkers such as Noam Chomsky, R. M. Hare and Gilbert Ryle; acclaimed writers such as Graham Greene, David Lodge and Iris Murdoch; leading politicians such as Roy Jenkins, Boris Johnson and Harold Macmillan; world statesmen such as Bill Clinton, Nelson Mandela and Margaret Thatcher Major national publicity campaign and widespread review coverage expected in both secular and religious media The 'brief encounters' he recalls here capture the essence of some of the most interesting world leaders and thinkers of the past century

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Informazioni sull?autore

Sir Anthony Kenny FBA was born in Liverpool in 1931, and was educated at Upholland College and the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome. From 1963 to 1989 he was at Balliol College, Oxford, first as Fellow and Tutor in Philosophy, and then as Master. He later became Warden of Rhodes House, President of the British Academy and of the Royal Institute of Philosophy, and Chair of the Board of the British Library. He is the author of over forty books on philosophy and history, including OUP’s four-volume New History of Western Philosophy and The Enlightenment: A very brief history (SPCK 2017).

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Society for Promoting Christian
• Data di pubblicazione: 2019
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 028107920X
• ISBN 13: 9780281079209
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 188
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile