"Roger Scruton is one of Britain's most respected thinkers and in this new book he offers a radically different solution to the planet's most important problem. "
Plato is perhaps the influential philosopher who has ever lived. His Republic laid the political foundations of Western culture and has remained at its heart for over two thousand years. This book explains the judicial, moral and political ideas in the Republic and examines its influence on the modern world.
From the Jewish practice of Midrash and the Christian cult of Jesus; to the influence of Paul's letters on the Reformation and the manipulation of Revelations by Christian fundamentalism, the author explores the contexts in which these sixty-six books were understood and explains the social needs they answered.
In the search for higher meaning, Nicholas Fearn has travelled the globe to interview intellectuals in the field, asking them the three key questions - 'who are we?' 'what do we know?' and 'how should we live?'
Aristotle, Plato, Kant, Wittgenstein, the work of the great philosophers of the past is well known and has been discussed endlessly. This book explains what today's philosophers think about what it is to be human. It consults some of the world's most distinguished thinkers who variously believe that free will and identity are not what they seem.
Bestselling novelist Michel Houellebecq, and bestselling philosopher Bernard-Henri Levy ('BHL'), are two of the most celebrated and controversial intellectual figures in France today. In Public Enemies they clash head on in an awe-inspiring, hilarious and revealing battle of the literary titans.
A vibrant retelling of the life of the iconic prophet of Islam draws on early eyewitness sources and records from myriad disciplines to profile his complexity, vitality and legacy, tracing his rise from humble origins to a powerful figure who challenged an established order with a new vision of social justice. By the award-winning author of After the Prophet .
