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Jan 1, 1944 — Jan 1, 2020· 76 yrs

UNITED KINGDOM AUTHOR · PHILOSOPHY · FICTION

Roger Scruton

Also known as: ROGER SCRUTON, Sir Roger Scruton

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After 1966, Kenneth Burke certainly changed what he was doing.

— from On human nature

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England

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This Horrible History Special Reveals The Awful Truth Behind The Rebellions, Riots And Rumpuses That Have Made England What It Is Today From The Cruel Celts Right Up To The Terrible 20th Century It's A Tale Tale That Will Make You Quake.

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Xanthippic dialogues

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In Plato's dialogues, an idealized Socrates expounds the ideas for which Plato will, until the end of history, be famous. The world of Forms; the ideal Republic with its totalitarian masterplan; the tribute to Eros, god of love (or at least of homosexual love); the promise of the soul's salvation - all this has come down to us in the distinctive tone of voice of Plato's teacher. But how much of it did Socrates believe? Were Plato's contemporaries really taken in? Who was Plato anyway? And what lay behind his philosophy, from which the real world of men and women so rigorously excluded? Until the discovery of the Xanthippic Dialogues, we had no answer to those questions. Now at last the real Plato is revealed to us, by the women whom he banished from his arguments. In this brilliant and witty exposé, the mask of abstraction is lifted, to reveal the truth that lies beneath. And the truth is Xanthippe: wife and Socrates, teacher of Aristotle, and Founding Mother of the Western world. This is a book that no feminist can afford to ignore. -- from back cover.

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Beauty

1978

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Beauty can be consoling, disturbing, sacred, profane; it can be exhilarating, appealing, inspiring, chilling. It can affect us in an unlimited variety of ways. Yet it is never viewed with indifference. In this Very Short Introduction the renowned philosopher Roger Scruton explores the concept of beauty, asking what makes an object—either in art, in nature, or the human form—beautiful, and examining how we can compare differing judgments of beauty when it is evident all around us that our tastes vary so widely. Is there a right judgment to be made about beauty? Is it right to say there is more beauty in a classical temple than a concrete office block, more in a Rembrandt than in last year's Turner Prize winner? Forthright and thought-provoking, and as accessible as it is intellectually rigorous, this introduction to the philosophy of beauty draws conclusions that some may find controversial, but, as Scruton shows, help us to find greater sense of meaning in the beautiful objects that fill our lives.

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