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The Mystery of Things
A. C. Grayling
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Description for The Mystery of Things
Paperback. Following the huge success of THE MEANING OF THINGS and THE REASON OF THINGS, a third collection of bestselling essays from Britain's top philosopher. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: HPX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 232.
Following the huge success of THE MEANING OF THINGS and THE REASON OF THINGS, a third collection of bestselling essays from Britain's top philosopher. 'Human genius has done much, and promises much, in the way of removing the mystery from many things in our world; at the same time it recognises and honours the mystery in things too.' In this collection A.C. Grayling extends the range of his previous two books to show how much understanding people can gain about themselves and their world by reflecting on the lessons offered by science, the arts ... Read more
Following the huge success of THE MEANING OF THINGS and THE REASON OF THINGS, a third collection of bestselling essays from Britain's top philosopher. 'Human genius has done much, and promises much, in the way of removing the mystery from many things in our world; at the same time it recognises and honours the mystery in things too.' In this collection A.C. Grayling extends the range of his previous two books to show how much understanding people can gain about themselves and their world by reflecting on the lessons offered by science, the arts ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
Weight
231g
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780753820193
SKU
V9780753820193
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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 The Mystery of Things
It is no disrespect to either author to describe AC Grayling's latest work as a thinking person's Schott's Miscellany. WATERSTONES BOOKS QUARTERLY Anthony Grayling is a philosopher by trade but he's also a latter-day Renaissance Man, as this collection of his journalism shows. SUNDAY TELEGRAPH Fast becoming Britain's philosopher of choice... Certainly more ... Read more