| Of Men and Manners: Essays Historical and Philosophical Contributor(s): Quinton, Anthony (Author), Kenny, Anthony (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0199694559 ISBN-13: 9780199694556 Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA OUR PRICE: $81.70 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: January 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Ethics & Moral Philosophy - Philosophy | Movements - Humanism - Philosophy | History & Surveys - General |
| Dewey: 128 |
| LCCN: 2011501478 |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 6.1" W x 9.3" (1.25 lbs) 282 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This is a collection of writings by the late Lord Quinton, one of the wittiest and most versatile philosophers of his generation. The first part ranges over the last four hundred years of intellectual history, discussing such thinkers as Francis Bacon, Spinoza, Coleridge, Kant, Hegel, T. H. Green, Dewey, Quine, and Ayer. The subject of the second part of the volume is, broadly speaking, value in human society: Quinton discusses freedom, morality, politics, language, culture, and the relation between humans and animals. Together these writings demonstrate the enormous breadth of their author's learning, and the clarity, elegance, and urbanity of his style. Seven of the pieces are previously unpublished. |