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A Short History of Modern Philosophy: From Descartes to Wittgenstein by Roger Scruton
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Category: Philosophy | Series: Routledge Classics
Discover for yourself the pleasures of philosophy! Written both for the seasoned student of philosophy as well as the general reader, the renowned writer Roger Scruton provides a survey of modern philosophy. Always engaging, Scruton takes us on a fascinating tour of the subject, from founding father Des ...Show more
Against the Tide - The Best of Roger Scruton's Columns, Commentaries and Criticism by Roger Scruton; Mark Dooley (Edited by)
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Category: Philosophy
The definitive edition of the late Sir Roger Scruton's philosophical and political essays and reviews, now collected in one volume, edited by Mark DooleyThe philosopher Roger Scruton was the leading conservative thinker of the post-war years. In this book are assembled the very best of his essays and co ...Show more
Australian Essays by Roger Scruton
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Category: Philosophy
In this collection of essays produced to celebrate the Institute of Public Affairs' 2014 Foundations of Western Civilisation Symposium, Roger Scruton explores the fallacies of our technocratic age.
Beauty by Roger Scruton
$32.95 AUD
Category: Philosophy
Beauty can be consoling, disturbing, sacred, profane; it can be exhilarating, appealing, inspiring, chilling. It can affect us in an unlimited variety of ways. Yet it is never viewed with indifference. Here, the renowned philosopher Roger Scruton explores the concept of beauty, asking what makes an obje ...Show more
Fools, Frauds and Firebrands: Thinkers of the New Left by Roger Scruton
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Category: Political
From one of the leading critics of leftist orientations comes a study of the thinkers who have most influenced the attitudes of the New Left. Beginning with a ruthless analysis of New Leftism and concluding with a critique of the key strands in its thinking, Roger Scruton conducts a reappraisal of such ...Show more
Green Philosophy: How to Think Seriously About the Planet by Roger Scruton
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Category: Contemporary Thought
The environment has long been the undisputed territory of the political Left, which has seen the principal threats to the earth as issuing from international capitalism, consumerism and the over-exploitation of natural resources. In Green Philosophy, Roger Scruton shows the fallacies behind that way of ...Show more
I Drink Therefore I Am: A Philosopher's Guide to Wine by Roger Scruton
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Category: Philosophy
We are familiar with the medical opinion that a daily glass of wine is good for the health and also the rival opinion that any more than a glass or two will set us on the road to ruin. Whether or not good for the body, Scruton argues, wine, drunk in the right frame of mind, is definitely good for the so ...Show more
Music As an Art by Roger Scruton
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Category: Music
As Scruton argues in this book, in earlier times, our musical culture had secure foundations in the church, the concert hall and the home; in the ceremonies and celebrations of ordinary life, religion and manners. Yet we no longer live in that world. Fewer people now play instruments and music is, for m ...Show more
The Face of God: The Gifford Lectures by Roger Scruton
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Category: Philosophy
Roger Scruton explores the place of God in a disenchanted world. His argument is a response to the atheist culture that is now growing around us, and also a defence of human uniqueness. He rebuts the claim that there is no meaning or purpose in the natural world, and argues that the sacred and the trans ...Show more
The Ring of Truth by Roger Scruton
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Category: Music
Richard Wagner's Ring of the Nibelung is one of the greatest works of art created in modern times, and has fascinated both critics and devotees for over a century and a half. No recent study has examined the meaning of Wagner's masterpiece with the attention to detail and intellectual power that Roger S ...Show more
The Ring of Truth: The Wisdom of Wagner' Ring of the Nibelung by Roger Scruton
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Category: Words & Ideas
Richard Wagner's Ring of the Nibelung is one of the greatest works of art created in modern times, and has fascinated both critics and devotees for over a century and a half. No recent study has examined the meaning of Wagner's masterpiece with the attention to detail and intellectual power that Roger S ...Show more
The Uses of Pessimism by Roger Scruton
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Category: Philosophy
Scruton argues that the tragedies and disasters of the history of the European continent have been the consequences of a false optimism and the fallacies that derive from it. In place of these fallacies, Scruton mounts a passionate defence of both civil society and freedom. He shows that the true legacy ...Show more