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21%OFFA. C. Grayling - What is Good?: The Search for the Best Way to Live - 9780753817551 - V9780753817551
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What is Good?: The Search for the Best Way to Live

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Description for What is Good?: The Search for the Best Way to Live Paperback. A.C. Grayling answers the most important question - How do we live a good life? Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; VS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 27. Weight in Grams: 280.

A.C. Grayling answers the most important question - How do we live a good life?

One of the most fundamental questions in our life is to find out what we value - what principles we want to live by and which codes we will use to guide our behaviour. Most of us want to live a good life. But what, in today's secular society, does 'good' actually mean?

To classical Greeks, the acquisition of knowledge, the enjoyment of the senses, creativity and beauty were all aspects of life to strive for. Then came the volcanic declarations of St ... Read more

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Product Details

Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
Weight
276g
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780753817551
SKU
V9780753817551
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99-10

About A. C. Grayling
A.C. Grayling is Master of the New College of the Humanities, and a Supernumerary Fellow of St Anne's College, Oxford. Until 2011 he was Professor of Philosophy at Birkbeck College, University of London. He is the author of numerous books, and is also a distinguished literary journalist and broadcaster. He has been a columnist for the Guardian and The ... Read more

Reviews for What is Good?: The Search for the Best Way to Live
"A plain man's guide to ethics, from Homer's warriors to Nietzsche's superhero via Plato and Renaissance Man, clearly and elegantly written." SUNDAY TELEGRAPH "This book reminds us that often the greatest disagreements are between priorities rather than principles." INDEPENDENT "Intelligent introduction... rewards your endeavours."
Martin Tierney THE HERALD "The book is beautifully written and highly engaging ... Read more

Goodreads reviews for What is Good?: The Search for the Best Way to Live


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