A.C. Grayling

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April 03, 1949

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Anthony Clifford Grayling, FRSA, FRSL (born 3 April 1949) is a British philosopher and author. He is Professor of Philosophy at Birkbeck, University of London and a supernumerary fellow of St Anne's College, Oxford. He has an MA and a DPhil from Oxford, and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and the Royal Society of Arts.
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	The Meaning of Things: Applying Philosophy to Life 3.77 of 5 stars 3.77 avg rating — 273 ratings — published 2001 — 5 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wittgenstein: A Very Short Introduction 3.64 of 5 stars 3.64 avg rating — 207 ratings — published 1988 — 9 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Good Book: A Humanist Bible 3.63 of 5 stars 3.63 avg rating — 197 ratings — published 2011 — 16 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Reason Of Things 3.82 of 5 stars 3.82 avg rating — 123 ratings — published 2001 — 6 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Life, Sex and Ideas: The Good Life Without God 3.87 of 5 stars 3.87 avg rating — 112 ratings — published 2003 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Against All Gods: Six Polemics on Religion and an Essay on Kindness 4.05 of 5 stars 4.05 avg rating — 104 ratings — published 2007 — 3 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ideas That Matter: A Personal Guide For The 21st Century 4.12 of 5 stars 4.12 avg rating — 131 ratings — published 2009 — 10 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The God Argument: The Case against Religion and for Humanism 3.88 of 5 stars 3.88 avg rating — 114 ratings — published 2013 — 5 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Meditations for the Humanist: Ethics for a Secular Age 4.04 of 5 stars 4.04 avg rating — 96 ratings — published 2002 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	What Is Good? 3.89 of 5 stars 3.89 avg rating — 101 ratings — published 2003 — 3 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“It takes a certain ingenuous faith - but I have it - to believe that people who read and reflect more likely than not come to judge things with liberality and truth.”
― A.C. Grayling, The Heart of Things: Applying Philosophy to the 21st Century

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“Middle age has been defined as what happens when a person's broad mind and narrow waist change places.”
― A.C. Grayling, The Heart of Things: Applying Philosophy to the 21st Century

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“To read is to fly: it is to soar to a point of vantage which gives a view over wide terrains of history, human variety, ideas, shared experience and the fruits of many inquiries.”
― A.C. Grayling

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