Gentle Regrets

Author : Roger Scruton
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2015-06-15
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781472927859

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Gentle Regrets by Roger Scruton Pdf

Roger Scruton is Britain's best known intellectual dissident, who has defended English traditions and English identity against an official culture of denigration. Although his writings on philosophical aesthetics have shown him to be a leading authority in the field, his defence of political conservatism has marked him out in academic circles as public enemy number one. Whether it is Scruton's opinions that get up the nose of his critics, or the wit and erudition with which he expresses them, there is no doubt that their noses are vastly distended by his presence, and constantly on the verge of a collective sneeze. Contrary to orthodox opinion, however, Roger Scruton is a human being, and Gentle Regrets contains the proof of it - a quiet, witty but also serious and moving account of the ways in which life brought him to think what he thinks, and to be what he is. His moving vignettes of his childhood and later influences illuminate this book. Love him or hate him, he will engage you in an argument that is both intellectually stimulating and informed by humour.

Author : Mark Dooley,Roger Scruton
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2016-05-19
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781472917119

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Conversations with Roger Scruton by Mark Dooley,Roger Scruton Pdf

This book reveals what life was like for Roger Scruton growing up in High Wycombe, how he survived Cambridge and how he came to hold his conservative outlook. It tells of Scruton's rise to prominence while writing for The Times and sheds light on his campaign on behalf of underground dissidents in Eastern Europe. Ranging across topics as diverse as the current state of British philosophy, music, religion, and illuminating what lay behind Scruton's abandonment of academia for his new life on a Wiltshire farm, Conversations with Roger Scruton is an intimate portrait of a writer who has felt philosophy as a vocation and whose defence of unfashionable causes has brought him a wide readership in Britain and around the world.

Author : Mark Dooley
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2009-05-21
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781441159274

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Roger Scruton: The Philosopher on Dover Beach by Mark Dooley Pdf

An intriguing portrait of Roger Scruton and his philosophy. Roger Scruton was one of the outstanding British philosophers of the post-war years. Why then was he at best ignored and at worst reviled? Part of the reason was that he was an unapologetic conservative in the tradition of Edmund Burke. That conservative instinct was sharpened during the Paris riots of 1968. From that point on Scruton set himself the task of stridently opposing what he termed 'the culture of repudiation'. In so doing he targeted liberals in the tradition of Russell and Mill, existentialists like Sartre and post modernists in the fashion of Foucault. Here is a brilliant description of Scruton's life and work and a careful analysis of his central ideas. Scruton defended an Hegelian and Burkean view of human nature, one founded on allegiance to the State as the guarantor of tangible freedom. He thus opposed any and all variations of the social contract theory, liberal or existential individualism or philosophical theories of the 'authentic' self in isolation from its kind. His conservative notion of the nation state was used to reflect upon and criticise the European Union, the United Nations and the idea that the Middle East can be reformed along Western democratic lines. Scruton, argues Mark Dooley, was the one British intellectual who courageously rowed against the tide of liberal conviction and arrived at political conclusions the truth of which are becoming more and more obvious. This book argues conclusively that Roger Scruton was a prophet for our times.

Author : Frances Ward
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2013-03-28
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781441115539

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Why Rousseau was Wrong by Frances Ward Pdf

Why secular humanism leads to guilt, political correctness and fear of giving offence -- and how the Church can help.

Author : Douglas Hedley
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2016-02-25
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781441176073

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The Iconic Imagination by Douglas Hedley Pdf

Is it merely an accident of English etymology that 'imagination' is cognate with 'image'? Despite the iconoclasm shared to a greater or lesser extent by all Abrahamic faiths, theism tends to assert a link between beauty, goodness and truth, all of which are viewed as Divine attributes. Douglas Hedley argues that religious ideas can be presented in a sensory form, especially in aesthetic works. Drawing explicitly on a Platonic metaphysics of the image as a bearer of transcendence, The Iconic Imagination shows the singular capacity and power of images to represent the transcendent in the traditions of Christianity, Judaism, Hinduism and Islam. In opposition to cold abstraction and narrow asceticism, Hedley shows that the image furnishes a vision of the eternal through the visible and temporal.

Author : Ferenc Hörcher
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 399 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2022-12-12
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9783031135910

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Art and Politics in Roger Scruton's Conservative Philosophy by Ferenc Hörcher Pdf

This book covers the field of and points to the intersections between politics, art and philosophy. Its hero, the late Sir Roger Scruton had a longstanding interest in all fields, acquiring professional knowledge in both the practice and theory of politics, art and philosophy. The claim of the book is, therefore, that contrary to a superficial prejudice, it is possible to address the philosophical issues of art and politics in the same oeuvre, as the example of this Cambridge-educated analytical philosopher proves. Accordingly, the book has a bold thesis on the general, theoretical level, mapping the connections between politics, art and philosophy. However, it also has a pioneering commitment on the level of the particular, offering the first full-length study into the philosophical legacy of Roger Scruton, probably the most important British conservative philosopher of the late 20th and the first decades of the 21st century. It also allows reader to look into the philosopher’s fascination with Central European art and culture. Finally, it also provides a daring analysis of the late Scruton’s metaphysical inspirations, connecting the arts, and especially music, with religion and the bonds of love.

Author : Lewis Carroll
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2022-05-25
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547002345

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The Collected Short Stories by Lewis Carroll Pdf

This meticulously edited Lewis Carroll collection includes: A Tangled Tale Bruno's Revenge and Other Stories What the Tortoise Said to Achilles A Tangled Tale is a collection of ten brief humorous stories by Lewis Carroll, published serially between April 1880 and March 1885.The stories, or Knots as Carroll calls them, present mathematical problems. In a later issue, Carroll gives the solution to a Knot and discusses readers' answers. The mathematical interpretations of the Knots are not always straightforward. The ribbing of readers answering wrongly – giving their names – was not always well received. Short story "Bruno's Revenge" was originally published in 1867. Some years later, in 1873 or 1874, Carroll had the idea to use this piece as the core for a longer story. Much of the rest of the novel he compiled from notes of ideas and dialogue which he had collected over the years. What the Tortoise Said to Achilles, written by Lewis Carroll in 1895 for the philosophical journal Mind, is a brief dialogue which problematises the foundations of logic. The title alludes to one of Zeno's paradoxes of motion, in which Achilles could never overtake the tortoise in a race. In Carroll's dialogue, the tortoise challenges Achilles to use the force of logic to make him accept the conclusion of a simple deductive argument. Ultimately, Achilles fails, because the clever tortoise leads him into an infinite regression. Charles Lutwidge Dodgson better known by the pseudonym Lewis Carroll (1832 – 1898), was an English author, mathematician, logician, Anglican deacon and photographer.

Author : Lewis Carroll
Publisher : e-artnow
Page : 1177 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2019-12-18
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:4057664559258

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The Complete Works of Lewis Carroll by Lewis Carroll Pdf

Musaicum Books presents to you this meticulously edited Lewis Carroll collection. This ebook has been designed and formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. Content: Novels: Alice in Wonderland Through the Looking-Glass Sylvie and Bruno Sylvie and Bruno Concluded Stories: A Tangled Tale Bruno's Revenge and Other Stories: Bruno's Revenge Crundle Castle The Legend of Scotland The Ladye's History Novelty and Romancement A Photographer's Day Out Photography Extraordinary The Walking Stick of Destiny Wilhelm von Schmitz What the Tortoise Said to Achilles Poems: Early Verse: My Fairy Punctuality Melodies Brother and Sister Facts Rules and Regulations Horrors Misunderstandings As It Fell upon a Day Ye Fattale Cheyse Lays of Sorrow The Two Brothers The Lady of the Ladle Coronach She's All my Fancy Painted Him Photography Extraordinary Lays of Mystery, Imagination, and Humour The Mock Turtle's Song Upon the Lonely Moor Miss Jones Puzzles from Wonderland Prologues to Plays Rhyme? And Reason? College Rhymes and Notes by an Oxford Chiel: Ode to Damon Those Horrid Hurdy-Gurdies! My Fancy The Majesty of Justice The Elections to the Hebdomadal Council The Deserted Parks Examination Statute Acrostics, Inscriptions and Other Verses: Acrostic To Three Puzzled Little Girls Double Acrostic Three Little Maids Puzzle Three Children Two Thieves Two Acrostics Double Acrostic Acrostic Acrostic Acrostic To M. A. B. Acrostic Madrigal Love among the Roses Two Poems to Rachel Daniel The Lyceum Acrostic Dreamland To my Child-Friend A Riddle A Limerick Rhyme? And Reason? A Nursery Darling Maggie's Visit to Oxford Maggie B— Inscribed to a Dear Child Five Fathom Square the Belfry Frowns The Wandering Burgess A Bacchanalian Ode Red Riding-Hood A Square Poem Three Sunsets and Other Poems The Life and Letters of Lewis Carroll

Author : Lewis Carroll
Publisher : e-artnow
Page : 1259 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2019-07-31
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:4057664123800

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LEWIS CARROLL Ultimate Collection (Illustrated Edition) by Lewis Carroll Pdf

e-artnow presents to you this meticulously edited and formatted Lewis Carroll collection formatted: Novels: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There Sylvie and Bruno Sylvie and Bruno Concluded Stories: A Tangled Tale Bruno's Revenge and Other Stories: Bruno's Revenge Crundle Castle The Legend of Scotland The Ladye's History Novelty and Romancement A Photographer's Day Out Photography Extraordinary The Walking Stick of Destiny Wilhelm von Schmitz What the Tortoise Said to Achilles Poems: Early Verse: My Fairy Punctuality Melodies Brother and Sister Facts Rules and Regulations Horrors Misunderstandings As It Fell upon a Day Ye Fattale Cheyse Lays of Sorrow The Two Brothers The Lady of the Ladle Coronach She's All my Fancy Painted Him Photography Extraordinary Lays of Mystery, Imagination, and Humour The Mock Turtle's Song Upon the Lonely Moor Miss Jones Puzzles from Wonderland Prologues to Plays Rhyme? And Reason? College Rhymes and Notes by an Oxford Chiel: Ode to Damon Those Horrid Hurdy-Gurdies! My Fancy The Majesty of Justice The Elections to the Hebdomadal Council The Deserted Parks Examination Statute Acrostics, Inscriptions and Other Verses: Acrostic To Three Puzzled Little Girls Double Acrostic Three Little Maids Puzzle Three Children Two Thieves Two Acrostics Double Acrostic Acrostic Acrostic Acrostic To M. A. B. Acrostic Madrigal Love among the Roses Two Poems to Rachel Daniel The Lyceum Acrostic Dreamland To my Child-Friend A Riddle A Limerick Rhyme? And Reason? A Nursery Darling Maggie's Visit to Oxford Maggie B— Inscribed to a Dear Child Five Fathom Square the Belfry Frowns The Wandering Burgess A Bacchanalian Ode Red Riding-Hood A Square Poem Three Sunsets and Other Poems: Three Sunsets The Path of Roses The Valley of the Shadow of Death Solitude Far Away Beatrice Stolen Waters The Willow-Tree Only a Woman's Hair The Sailor's Wife After Three Days Faces in the Fire A Lesson in Latin Puck Lost and Found A Song of Love The Hunting of the Snark The Life and Letters of Lewis Carroll

Author : William Francis Collier
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 564 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1871
Category : American literature
ISBN : NYPL:33433074785241

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A History of English Literature by William Francis Collier Pdf

Author : William Francis Collier
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 552 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1861
Category : American literature
ISBN : BL:A0018210308

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A History of English Literature, in a Series of Biographical Sketches by William Francis Collier Pdf

Author : William Francis Collier
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 548 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1870
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0026240568

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A History of English Literature, Etc by William Francis Collier Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 600 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1875
Category : Electronic
ISBN : NYPL:33433082520259

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Library of Famous Fiction by Anonim Pdf

Author : Winfield Scott
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1864
Category : Generals
ISBN : UCAL:$B303244

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Memoirs of Lieut.-General Scott, LL. D. by Winfield Scott Pdf

Author : Letitia Elizabeth Landon
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1862
Category : Electronic
ISBN : IND:30000047765783

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Francesca Carrara by Letitia Elizabeth Landon Pdf