John Nicholas Gray(born 17 April 1948) is an Englishpolitical philosopherwith interests inanalytic philosophyand thehistory of ideas. He retired as School Professor of European Thought at theLondon School of Economics and Political Science. Gray contributes regularly toThe Guardian,The Times Literary ...
‘John Gray is Britain’s best philosopher – and he knocks it out of the park with a book that details the unravelling of the Western order.’―The Telegraph ‘Confronts the truth that no politician dares utter: that things are very bad with a world in which, in Gray’s words, either...
Cover Story: Forget Everything You Know ; John Gray Is a Philosopher. but Don't Imagine That He's a Dusty Academic Engaged in Arcane Research. His Project Is Far Simpler, and Perhaps More Important. He Wants to Tear Down Many of the Concepts That We Hold Dear. WILL SELF (Left) Meets...
John 1842–1901 originally Edmund Fisk Green American philosopher and historian Dictionary Entries Near Fiske fisk Fiske fissi- See More Nearby Entries Cite this Entry Style “Fiske.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Fiske. Accessed...
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In his “Books” column, Clifton Fadiman described Stein as a “mamma of dada” and a “Keyserling in divided skirts” (Hermann Keyserling was a non-academic German philosopher known for his platitudinous, obscure writings). Excerpt:Fadiman continued by excoriating Stein’s latest book, ...
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