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A. C. Grayling

A. C. Grayling is Master of the New College of the Humanities, UK. He has written and edited numerous works of philosophy and is the author of biographies of Descartes and William Hazlitt. He believes that philosophy should take an active, useful role in society. He has been a regular contributor to The Times, Financial Times, Observer, Independent on Sunday, Economist, Literary Review, New Statesman and Prospect, and is a frequent and popular contributor to radio and television programmes, including Newsnight, Today, In Our Time, Start the Week and CNN news. He is a Fellow of the World Economic Forum at Davos, and advises on many committees ranging from Drug Testing at Work to human rights groups. (source)

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English philosopher

Born 3 April 1949

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  • Cover of: WHAT IS GOOD? THE SEARCH FOR THE BEST WAY TO LIVE.

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  • Cover of: El Sentido de Las Cosas (Ares y Mares)

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  • Cover of: Thinking of answers: questions in the philosophy of everyday life
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  • Cover of: Liberty in the age of terror: a defence of civil society and enlightenment values
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  • Cover of: Among the Dead Cities: Is the Targeting of Civilians in War Ever Justified?

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  • Cover of: Por el bien común : ¿se puede lograr un consenso global para los desafíos de la humanidad?

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  • Cover of: El Sentido de las Cosas: Folosofia Para la Vida Cotidiana
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  • Cover of: The heart of things: applying philosophy to the 21st century
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  • Cover of: Towards the light: the story of the struggles for liberty and the rights that made the modern West

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  • Cover of: Toward the Light of Liberty: The Struggles for Freedom and Rights That Made the Modern Western World
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English philosopher

Born 3 April 1949

Subjects

Philosophy, History, Life, Humanistic ethics, Humanism, Liberty, Philosophie, Conduct of life, Ethics, Knowledge, theory of, Religion, Theory of Knowledge, Meaning (Philosophy), Meaning (philosophy), Biography, Civil rights movements, Controversial literature, Democracy, Intellectual life, Moral and ethical aspects, Religious Humanism, Self-actualization (Psychology), Self-actualization (psychology), Social change, Social movements

Places

China, England, Europe, France, Germany, Japan, Western countries

People

George Berkeley (1685-1753), Bertrand Russell (1872-1970), Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889-1951), René Descartes (1596-1650), William Hazlitt (1778-1830)

Time

17th century, 19th century, 20th century

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Alternative names

  • Anthony Clifford Grayling, Anthony C. Grayling
  • A.C GRAYLING
  • A.C. Grayling
  • A. Grayling
  • A. C Grayling
  • Anthony C. Grayling
  • Anthony Clifford Grayling
  • A C Grayling

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April 28, 2021 Edited by AgentSapphire merge authors
September 30, 2020 Edited by MARC Bot add ISNI
March 31, 2017 Edited by MARC Bot add VIAF and wikidata ID
August 6, 2012 Edited by Ludovicus merge authors
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import