Of men and manners : essays historical and philosophical / Anthony Quinton ; edited by Anthony Kenny.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Quinton, Anthony, author.

Contributor:

Kenny, Anthony, 1931- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Philosophy, Modern--History.

Philosophy, Modern.

Intellectual life.

Ethics.

Life.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (272 pages).

Other Title:

Essays historical and philosophical

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This is a collection of elegant and learned writings by the late Lord Quinton, one of the most prominent men of letters of the late 20th century. It ranges over the last 400 years of intellectual history and discusses freedom, morality, politics language, culture, and the relation between humans and animals.

Contents:

Of men. Francis Bacon : how was he possible? ; Spinoza ; Dr John Radcliffe ; La Mettrie ; Coleridge at home ; The trouble with Kant ; Hegel made visible ; Richard Monckton Milnes ; T.H. Green ; John Dewey's theory of knowledge ; T.E. Hulme ; Bergson and Whitehead : process philosophy ; Quine on doing without meaning ; Ayer's place in the history of philosophy ; The rise, fall, and rise of epistemology

Of manners. The varieties of value ; The human animal ; The past and future of freedom ; Culture, education, and values ; A revaluation of values : keeping politics in its place ; Morals and politics ; Words on words.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on Jan. 21, 2012).

Other Format:

Print version

ISBN:

0-19-173193-5

0-19-969455-9