#ac grayling

[remindmetoreed]

“education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel” - Socrates

book: the history of philosophy by a.c. grayling

[chrisriddellblog]

Brexit Britain.

[markdowe]

Book Review: For the People

LITERARY REVIEW Intro: Democracy is in crisis – no thanks to arrogant liberals like AC Grayling. From Brexit to religion, this pompous and insulting philosopher has made a career out of telling the public why they’re wrong. His latest polemic’s a case in point AC Grayling, a former professor of philosophy at Birkbeck, University of London, is a warhorse of progressive liberalism. He has…

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[feralphilosophy]

Review: Witcraft by Jonathan Rée and The History of Philosophy by AC Grayling

Review: Witcraft by Jonathan Rée and The History of Philosophy by AC Grayling

“Whereas Rée shows how religion and political radicalism can strike up fruitful alliances, the briskly rationalist Grayling refuses the title of philosophy to any view of the world that involves religious faith… The difference between them is clear from their writing. Rée is enter­taining and stylish, Grayling is lucid but lifeless.” Book Review by Terry Eagleton in The Guardian.

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[semipartisansam]

Faith, Doubt and Brexit

Faith, Doubt and Brexit

A warning about the disturbing fundamentalism of Continuity Remain and the anti-Brexit crusaders

In the course of arguing on Twitter this evening, I received back the following piece of friendly psychological analysis from a longtime follower and antagonist.

The text reads:

“You are almost always wrong, as if you’re from another planet. I’m starting to feel pity, not sure if for you or for the…

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[dollo]

[jayaycheff]

but generally speaking the best and most satisfying choice is to see things through. As Ruskin said, it is not what we get but what we become by our endeavors that makes them worthwhile.

A.C. Grayling

[holyfucker]

I use my time well.