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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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Born 3 April 1949

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  • Cover of: Ideas That Matter: The Concepts That Shape The 21st Century

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  • Cover of: Among the dead cities: the history and moral legacy of the WWII bombing of civilians in Germany and Japan

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    First published in 1982 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: The age of genius: the seventeenth century and the birth of the modern mind

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  • Cover of: Descartes: The Life and times of a Genius

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  • Cover of: Wittgenstein: A Very Short Introduction

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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