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.
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 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 ...
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.
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).
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 ...
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, ...
Sir Anthony Kenny presents a selection of his historical essays in philosophy.
Part One: Ancient philosophy. Part Two: Medieval philosophy. Part Three: The rise of modern philosophy. Part four: Philosophy in the modern world.
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 ...
In these four volumes Sir Anthony Kenny unfolds a magisterial 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 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.
"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...
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 ...
This popular collection of Wittgenstein’s key writings represents the breadth and complexity of the philosopher’s work.
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.
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...
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