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Kenny, Anthony

 
9780281079193: Brief Encounters: Notes from a Philosopher's Diary
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0281079196 ISBN 13: 9780281079193
Verlag: SPCK Publishing, 2018

Inhaltsangabe

Cardinals, directors, dissidents, dons, judges, novelists, philosophers, prime ministers, scientists, world statesmen. . . Throughout his long and distinguished career, Sir Anthony Kenny has encountered some of the most notable and influential leaders of the post-war world.


In these brilliantly vivid vignettes, Kenny offers telling and often unexpected insights into the achievements, flaws and foibles of sixty public figures - past and present - each of whom has contributed in decisive ways to our political, spiritual and cultural heritage.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Sir Anthony Kenny FBA was born in Liverpool in 1931, and was educated at Upholland College and the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome. From 1963 to 1989 he was at Balliol College, Oxford, first as Fellow and Tutor in Philosophy, and then as Master. He later became Warden of Rhodes House, President of the British Academy and of the Royal Institute of Philosophy, and Chair of the Board of the British Library. In 2006 Kenny was awarded the American Catholic Philosophical Association's Aquinas Medal for his significant contributions to philosophy.

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Verlag
SPCK Publishing
Erscheinungsdatum
2018
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0281079196
ISBN 13 
9780281079193
Einband
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Anzahl der Seiten
224
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