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Witcraft
Jonathan Ree
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Description for Witcraft
Paperback. BIC Classification: HPC. Dimension: 198 x 129. .
'Astonishing ... enjoy its riches slowly, and savour every generous, erudite and undogmatic page' Boyd Tonkin, Financial Times
'We English men have wits,' wrote the clergyman Ralph Lever in 1573, and, 'we have also framed unto ourselves a language.'
Witcraft is a fresh and brilliant history of how philosophy became established in English. It presents a new form of philosophical storytelling and challenges what Jonathan Rée calls the 'condescending smugness' of traditional histories of philosophy. Rée tells the story of philosophy as it was lived and practised, embedded in its time and place, by men and women from ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2020
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
Number of Pages
768
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780141027418
SKU
9780141027418
Shipping Time
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Ref
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About Jonathan Ree
Jonathan Rée is a freelance philosopher and historian. His previous books include Philosophical Tales, Proletarian Philosophers and I See a Voice.
Reviews for Witcraft
Rée spans a vast ocean of ideas. He introduces us to their shapers and breakers, and gently captains us in 50-year stretches across the seas of English-language thought with astonishing skill as both map-maker and way-finder ... enjoy its riches slowly, and savour every generous, erudite and undogmatic page
Boyd Tonkin
Financial Times
Rée's book may well ... Read more
Boyd Tonkin
Financial Times
Rée's book may well ... Read more