Brief Encounters: Notes from a Philosopher's Diary
- ISBN-10
- 0281079218
- ISBN-13
- 9780281079216
- Series
- Brief Encounters
- Category
- Biography & Autobiography
- Pages
- 224
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2019-06-20
- Publisher
- SPCK
- Author
- Anthony Kenny
Description
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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Other editions
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- 2016-10-06
- 304 pages
- Ebook
- Bloomsbury Publishing
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