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Of men and manners : essays historical and philosophical / by Anthony Quinton ; edited by Anthony Kenny.
LIBRA B29 .Q558 2011
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Quinton, Anthony.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Philosophy, Modern.
- Intellectual life--History.
- Intellectual life.
- History.
- Ethics.
- Life.
- Physical Description:
- 272 pages ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2011.
- Summary:
- This is a collection of writings by the late Lord Quinton, one of the wittiest and most versatilc 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 Seven of the pieces are previously unpublished. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- Part I Of Men
- 1 Francis Bacon: How Was He Possible? 3
- 2 Spinoza 17
- 3 Dr John Radcliffe 21
- 4 La Mettrie 34
- 5 Coleridge at Home 40
- 6 The Trouble with Kant 49
- 7 Hegel Made Visible 60
- 8 Richard Monckton Milnes 68
- 9 T. H. Green 82
- 10 John Dewey's Theory of Knowledge 91
- ll T.E. Hulme 103
- 12 Bergson and Whitehead: Process Philosophy 110
- 13 Quine on Doing Without Meaning 122
- 14 Ayer's Place in the History of Philosophy 137
- 15 The Rise, Fall, and Rise of Epistemology 153
- Part II Of Manners
- 16 The Varieties of Value 165
- 17 The Human Animal 180
- 18 The Past and Future of Freedom 212
- 19 Culture, Education, and Values 219
- 20 A Revaluation of Values: Keeping Politics In Its Place 232
- 21 Morals and Politics 246
- 22 Words on Words 256.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [265]-266) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0199694559
- 9780199694556
- OCLC:
- 751726196
- Publisher Number:
- 99947649143
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