{"title":"A. C. Grayling","description":"Professor A. C. Grayling is master of the New College of the Humanities, and a supernumerary fellow of St Anne's College, Oxford. He has written and edited over thirty books on philosophy and other subjects, and has written on non-Western philosophy. For several years, he wrote columns for The Guardian newspaper and The Times (London), and was the chairman of the 2014 Man Booker Prize.","products":[{"product_id":"the-history-of-philosophy-paperback","title":"The History of Philosophy - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A witty, learned, authoritative survey of philosophical thought.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe first authoritative and accessible single-volume history of philosophy to cover both Western and Eastern traditions, from one of the world's most eminent thinkers\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The story of philosophy is an epic tale, spanning civilizations and continents. It explores some of the most creative minds in history. But not since the long-popular classic by Bertrand Russell, \u003ci\u003eA History of Western Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e, published in 1945, has there been a comprehensive and entertaining single-volume history of this great, intellectual, world-shaping journey. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e With characteristic clarity and elegance, A. C. Grayling takes the reader from the age of the Buddha, Confucius, and Socrates through Christianity's capture of the European mind, from the Renaissance and Enlightenment on to Mill, Nietzsche, Sartre and, finally, philosophy today. Surveying in tandem the great philosophical traditions of India, China, and the Persian-Arabic world, and astonishing in its range and accessibility, Grayling's \u003ci\u003eThe History of Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e is destined to be a landmark work.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51367966441695,"sku":"9781984878762","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/z3AtWQELnc9781984878762.webp?v=1789116983"},{"product_id":"wittgenstein-a-very-short-introduction-paperback","title":"Wittgenstein: A Very Short Introduction - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eLudwig Wittgenstein (1889-1951) was an extraordinarily original thinker, whose influence on twentieth-century thinking far outside the bounds of philosophy alone. In this engaging Introduction, A.C. Grayling makes Wittgenstein's thought accessible to the general reader by explaining the nature and impact of Wittgenstein's views. He describes both his early and later philosophy, the differences and connections between them, and gives a fresh assessment of Wittgenstein's continuing influence on contemporary thought.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51377344676063,"sku":"9780192854117","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/hlHnElHGtb9780192854117.webp?v=1789232852"},{"product_id":"the-art-of-always-being-right-the-38-ways-to-win-an-argument-paperback","title":"The Art of Always Being Right: The 38 Ways to Win an Argument - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe all know people who are incredibly persuasive. In this concise book the philosophy of persuasion is parsed in 38 subtle rules that will give you the magic formula to achieve success in work and life. Find out when to: - Counter bad arguments with bad arguments \/ - Claim victory despite defeat \/ - Anger your opponent \/ - Lying is permitted. AC Grayling has edited Arthur Schopenhauer's posthumous work for the modern reader and provided additional notes of his own. Schopenhauer, eclipsed at university by Hegel (whom he thought a fraud) made the topic of this book the study of a lifetime.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e* 'Few writers have ever matched the depths.' Alain de Botton\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e* 'Keep this delightful essay at your side.' Observer\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e* 'An instruction manual no one can afford to be without.' New Statesman\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e* 'Drily witty.' Sunday Telegraph\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e* 'Caustically witty.' 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It is, 'How should I live my life?' meaning, 'What values shall I live by? 'What sort of person should I be? What shall I aim for?' The great majority of people do not ask this question, they merely answer it unthinkingly, by adopting conventional views of life and what matters in it...'\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom Stoics to existentialists, in philosophy and literature, discussion of the philosophy of life -- of love and death, of courage, fortitude and wisdom -- challenges us all to think about what kinds of life are truly worth living. In this summation of a lifetime thinking and writing about this great question, A. C. 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Covering a wide range of central issues in metaphysics, Grayling presents stimulating insights on a range of topics including the difference between the concepts of 'actual' and 'real' and why 'social reality' is as 'real' as physical reality. He shows us the significance of epistemological scepticism and offers a revised and developed view of the consequences of it for understanding the nature and role of assertion. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGrayling's semantic anti-realism does not entail a rejection of metaphysical realism. Here the question is reframed as one about the way discourses project ontologies. By reversing the idea that perceptual discourse is the base case and that mimicry by other discourses of its grammar is a source of philosophical problems, Grayling argues that a series of familiar philosophical problems are resolved. 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