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A Short History of Modern Philosophy: From Descartes to Wittgenstein by Roger Scruton
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Category: Culture & Ideas | Series: Routledge Classics | Reading Level: very good
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)
43.23 AUD
Category: Anthologies
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
Conservatism by Roger Scruton
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Category: Culture & Ideas | Series: Ideas in Profile
Roger Scruton looks at the central ideas of conservatism over the centuries. He examines conservative thinking on civil society, the rule of law and the role of the state on the one hand; and freedom (including freedom of expression and association), morality, equality, property and rights on the other. ...Show more
Music As an Art by Roger Scruton
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Category: Film & 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
On Human Nature by Roger Scruton
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Category: Culture & Ideas
In this short book, acclaimed writer and philosopher Roger Scruton presents an original and radical defense of human uniqueness. Confronting the views of evolutionary psychologists, utilitarian moralists, and philosophical materialists such as Richard Dawkins and Daniel Dennett, Scruton argues that huma ...Show more
The Ring of Truth by Roger Scruton
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Category: Film & 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: Film & 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 Uses of Pessimism: and the Danger of False Hope by Roger Scruton
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Category: Culture & Ideas
In this provocative and passionately argued book, Roger Scruton proposes that the greatest harm and havoc has been wrought on the world by those who have presented themselves as optimists and idealists, whether of the left or of the right. Scruton argues that the tragedies and disasters of the history ...Show more
Wagner's Parsifal - The Music of Redemption by Roger Scruton
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Category: Film & Music
The last book by one of Britain's most prominent public intellectuals is a superbly insightful and moving exploration of Wagner's last opera Wagner's last music-drama tells the story of Parsifal, the 'pure fool, knowing through compassion', who has been called to rescue the Kingdom of the Grail from th ...Show more
Wagner's Parsifal - The Music of Redemption by Roger Scruton
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Category: Film & Music
Wagner's last music-drama tells the story of Parsifal, the 'pure fool, knowing through compassion', who has been called to rescue the Kingdom of the Grail from the sins that have polluted it. The Grail is a symbol of purity in a world of lust and power, but although Parsifal is the culmination of Wagner ...Show more
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