Books written by Anthony Kenny

Brief Encounters: Notes from a Philosopher's Diary

In 1981, the oil company BP, who enjoyed substantial revenue from Norwegian oilfields, offered to pay for a portrait of the king, by an artist of his choice, to hang in Balliol Hall. King Olav came to unveil it.
Arthur Hugh Clough: A Poet's Life

His tied house was ample for entertainment, and he could eat his meals in company in Hall. Several of his old Oxford friends were now themselves in London or nearby. Frederick Temple and F. T. Palgrave were both at Kneller Hall at ...
The Rise of Modern Philosophy: A New History of Western Philosophy

The women of the households take turns in preparing meals, which are eaten in a common hall, with the men sitting with their backs to the wall facing the women on the outer benches. Nursing mothers and children under five eat apart in a ...
Whiteness: Feminist Philosophical Reflections

The essays collected here discuss how one learns to be a good white Southern woman, what it means to pass as white, and whether there really is a dilemma that accompanies white privilege.
Cultural Olympians: Rugby School's Cultural Leaders

This book is designed to explore key questions surrounding faith, philosophy, science, culture and social progress by celebrating the life and thought of cultural leaders from Rugby School (estd. 1567).
Cultural Olympians: Rugby School's Intellectual and Spiritual Leaders

1 A C Bickley, Archibald Campbell Tait: a Sketch of the Public Life of the late Archbishop of Canterbury, London, 1882, pp. 4-5. 2 Longley, Tait, Benson, Frederick Temple, William Temple and Fisher. See J. R. de S Honey Tom Brown's ...
Philosophy in the Modern World: A New History of Western Philosophy

This, in turn, will determine which system—which, for instance, of Lewis's S1–S5—is the appropriate one for our purposes. If the notions that we wish to capture in our modal logic are those of logical necessity and possibility, ...
From Empedocles to Wittgenstein: Historical Essays in Philosophy

Sir Anthony Kenny presents a selection of his historical essays in philosophy.
A New History of Western Philosophy

Part One: Ancient philosophy. Part Two: Medieval philosophy. Part Three: The rise of modern philosophy. Part four: Philosophy in the modern world.
An Illustrated Brief History of Western Philosophy, 20th Anniversary Edition

Widely considered to be one of the most thorough and accessible historical reviews in philosophy, An Illustrated Brief History of Western Philosophy has earned an estimable and distinctive reputation, both for the compelling writing style ...
A New History of Western Philosophy: Complete Four-Volume Set

In these four volumes Sir Anthony Kenny unfolds a magisterial new history of Western philosophy.
Medieval Philosophy: A New History of Western Philosophy

Philosophy and faith: Augustine to Maimonides -- The schoolmen: from the twelfth century to the Renaissance -- Logic and language -- Knowledge -- Physics -- Metaphysics -- Mind and soul -- Ethics -- God.
The Rise of Modern Philosophy: A New History of Western Philosophy, Volume 3

The book also features many intriguing and beautiful illustrations which evoke the human and social side of philosophy. Anyone who is interested in the evolution of modern thought will find this a book a treasure.
Thomas More

"Sir Thomas More (/mr/; 7 February 1478? 6 July 1535), known to Roman Catholics as Saint Thomas More since 1935, was an English lawyer, social philosopher, author, statesman, and noted...
Wittgenstein

This revised edition includes an extensive new introduction in which Kenny outlines developments in Wittgenstein scholarship since the book was first published and assesses Wittgenstein’s influence in the latter part of the twentieth ...
The Wittgenstein Reader

This popular collection of Wittgenstein’s key writings represents the breadth and complexity of the philosopher’s work.
Immanuel Kant: A Very Brief History

This brief historical introduction to Immanuel Kant explores the social, political and religious factors that formed the original context of his life and writings, and considers how those factors affected the way he was initially received.
Medieval Philosophy: A New History of Western Philosophy, Volume 2

Sir Anthony Kenny continues his magisterial new history of Western philosophy with a fascinating guide through more than a millennium of thought from 400 AD onwards, charting the story of...
Medieval Philosophy: A New History of Western Philosophy, Volume 2

Sir Anthony Kenny continues his magisterial new history of Western philosophy with a fascinating guide through more than a millennium of thought from 400 AD onwards, charting the story of philosophy from the founders of Christian and ...
Aquinas: A Collection of Critical Essays

Aquinas: A Collection of Critical Essays