Philosopher on Dover Beach
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Sprache:Englisch
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Einband
Taschenbuch
Erscheinungsdatum
01.08.2019
Verlag
St. Augustine's PressSeitenzahl
352
Maße (L/B/H)
22,8/15,4/2,5 cm
Gewicht
534 g
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN
978-1-58731-653-1
"It is a great pity that we in the United States do not have our own Roger Scruton. As his . . . collection of essays reminds us, he is an accomplished philosopher who writes trenchantly about many important political, social and religious issues, who cares
passionately about art and culture and who is also a brilliant conservative polemicist. . . .
"Mr. Scruton has two great virtues as a critic. One is his ability to combine a delicate appreciation of culture with the robust analytical skills of a trained philosopher. . . .
"Mr. Scruton's other great virtue is his habit of assessing things from the inside,
> "Each essay has been constructed with considerable care, and the positions taken are clearly stated and soundly argued. . . . He shows . . . that the philosopher-critic is alive and well. . . . Recommended for all academic libraries." - Library Journal "[Scruton] writes eloquently of the way in which social bonds, if refashioned in contractual form. 'become profane, a system of façade, a Disneyland version of what was formerly
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passionately about art and culture and who is also a brilliant conservative polemicist. . . .
"Mr. Scruton has two great virtues as a critic. One is his ability to combine a delicate appreciation of culture with the robust analytical skills of a trained philosopher. . . .
"Mr. Scruton's other great virtue is his habit of assessing things from the inside,
> "Each essay has been constructed with considerable care, and the positions taken are clearly stated and soundly argued. . . . He shows . . . that the philosopher-critic is alive and well. . . . Recommended for all academic libraries." - Library Journal "[Scruton] writes eloquently of the way in which social bonds, if refashioned in contractual form. 'become profane, a system of façade, a Disneyland version of what was formerly
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