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.
45 Ebooks par Anthony Kenny
Anthony Kenny: The Enlightenment
‘If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him.’ Voltaire Montesquieu, Hume, Voltaire, Diderot, Smith, Gibbon, Bentham… These are among the great thinkers who contributed to the dramati …
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Anthony Kenny: Immanuel Kant
‘Two things fill the mind with ever new and increasing admiration. . . the starry heavens above me and the moral law within me.’ Immanuel Kant (1724 – 1804) remains a major influence in philosophy, e …
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Anthony Kenny: Brief Encounters
Cardinals, directors, dissidents, dons, judges, novelists, philosophers, prime ministers, scientists, world statesmen. . . Throughout his long and distinguished career, Sir Anthony Kenny has encounte …
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Anthony Kenny: An Illustrated Brief History of Western Philosophy, 20th Anniversary Edition
In 1998, the first edition of Anthony Kenny’s comprehensive history of Western philosophy was published, to be met with immediate praise and critical acclaim. As the first book since Bertrand Russell …
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Anthony Kenny: An Illustrated Brief History of Western Philosophy, 20th Anniversary Edition
In 1998, the first edition of Anthony Kenny’s comprehensive history of Western philosophy was published, to be met with immediate praise and critical acclaim. As the first book since Bertrand Russell …
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Aristotle: Aristotle’s Ethics
Aristotle’s moral philosophy is a pillar of Western ethical thought. It bequeathed to the world an emphasis on virtues and vices, happiness as well-being or a life well lived, and rationally motivate …
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Anthony Kenny: Wittgenstein, Revised Edition
This revised edition of Sir Anthony Kenny’s classic work on Wittgenstein contains a new introduction which covers developments in Wittgenstein scholarship since the book was first published. * * Wide …
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€35.99
Anthony Kenny: An Illustrated Brief History of Western Philosophy
This illustrated edition of Sir Anthony Kenny’s acclaimed survey of Western philosophy offers the most concise and compelling story of the complete development of philosophy available. Spanning 2, 50 …
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€23.99
Arthur Hugh Clough: Mari Magno, Dipsychus, and other poems
‘The true haunts of the poetic powers, ‘ Arthur Hugh Clough (1819-1861) wrote to his friend Matthew Arnold, are no more upon Pindus or Parnassus but in the blank and desolate streets, and upon the so …
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Anthony Kenny: Ancient Philosophy
Sir Anthony Kenny tells the fascinating story of the birth of philosophy and its remarkable flourishing in the ancient Mediterranean world. This is the first of four volumes in which he unfolds a mag …
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€13.89
Anthony Kenny: Medieval Philosophy
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 …
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€17.10
Anthony Kenny: Philosophy in the Modern World
Sir Anthony Kenny tells the fascinating story of the development of philosophy in the modern world, from the early nineteenth century to the late twentieth century. Alongside (and intertwined with) e …
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€20.06
Anthony Kenny: From Empedocles to Wittgenstein
From Empedocles to Wittgenstein is a collection of fifteen historical essays in philosophy, written by Sir Anthony Kenny in the early years of the 21st century. In the main they are concerned with fo …
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Anthony Kenny: Rise of Modern Philosophy
Sir Anthony Kenny’s engaging new history of Western philosophy now advances into the modern era. The Rise of Modern Philosophy is the fascinating story of the emergence, from the early sixteenth to t …
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€33.99
Aristotle: Eudemian Ethics
‘We are looking for the things that enable us to live a noble and happy life…and what prospects decent people will have of acquiring any of them.’ The Eudemian Ethics is a major treatise on moral p …
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Anthony Kenny: Ancient Philosophy
Sir Anthony Kenny tells the fascinating story of the birth of philosophy and its remarkable flourishing in the ancient Mediterranean world. This is the first of four volumes in which he unfolds a mag …
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€13.86
Anthony Kenny: Medieval Philosophy
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 …
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€17.06
Anthony Kenny: Rise of Modern Philosophy
Sir Anthony Kenny’s engaging new history of Western philosophy now advances into the modern era. The Rise of Modern Philosophy is the fascinating story of the emergence, from the early sixteenth to t …
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€33.88
Anthony Kenny: Philosophy in the Modern World
Sir Anthony Kenny tells the fascinating story of the development of philosophy in the modern world, from the early nineteenth century to the late twentieth century. Alongside (and intertwined with) e …
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€20.26
Aristotle: Poetics
‘What is poetry, how many kinds of it are there, and what are their specific effects?’ Aristotle’s Poetics is the most influential book on poetry ever written. A founding text of European aesthetics …
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Aristotle: Poetics
‘What is poetry, how many kinds of it are there, and what are their specific effects?’ Aristotle’s Poetics is the most influential book on poetry ever written. A founding text of European aesthetics …
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€5.14
Anthony Kenny: New History of Western Philosophy
This book is no less than a guide to the whole of Western philosophy–the ideas that have undergirded our civilization for two-and-a-half thousand years. Anthony Kenny tells the story of philosophy f …
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€16.68
Anthony Kenny: New History of Western Philosophy
This book is no less than a guide to the whole of Western philosophy–the ideas that have undergirded our civilization for two-and-a-half thousand years. Anthony Kenny tells the story of philosophy f …
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€16.65
Anthony Kenny: Aristotelian Ethics
Sir Anthony Kenny presents a second edition of his landmark work The Aristotelian Ethics, which transformed Aristotle studies in 1978 by showing, on stylistic, historical, and philosophical grounds, …
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€21.39
Anthony Kenny & Sir Anthony Kenny: Aquinas on Mind
This book shows how the mature writings of Thomas Aquinas though written in the thirteenth century have much to offer the human mind and the relationship between intellect and will, body and soul. …
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Anthony Kenny & Dr Anthony Kenny: Action, Emotion and Will
Action, Emotion and Will was first published in 1963, when it was one of the first books to provoke serious interest in the emotions and philosophy of human action. Almost forty years on, Anthony Ken …
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Anthony Kenny: Christianity in Review
Sir Anthony Kenny is one of our most acclaimed living philosophers of religion. Christianity in Review offers his unique perspective on the history of the Church and Christian faith and thought by co …
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Rene Descartes: Philosophical Writings of Descartes: Volume 3, The Correspondence
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Rene Descartes: Philosophical Writings of Descartes: Volume 3, The Correspondence
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Anthony Kenny & Dr Anthony Kenny: Action, Emotion and Will
Action, Emotion and Will was first published in 1963, when it was one of the first books to provoke serious interest in the emotions and philosophy of human action. Almost forty years on, Anthony Ken …
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€48.44
Anthony Kenny & Dr Anthony Kenny: Action, Emotion and Will
Action, Emotion and Will was first published in 1963, when it was one of the first books to provoke serious interest in the emotions and philosophy of human action. Almost forty years on, Anthony Ken …
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€48.51
Anthony Kenny & Sir Anthony Kenny: Aquinas on Mind
This book shows how the mature writings of Thomas Aquinas though written in the thirteenth century have much to offer the human mind and the relationship between intellect and will, body and soul. …
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€48.87
Anthony Kenny & Sir Anthony Kenny: Aquinas on Mind
This book shows how the mature writings of Thomas Aquinas though written in the thirteenth century have much to offer the human mind and the relationship between intellect and will, body and soul. …
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€48.90
Anthony Kenny: Freewill and Responsibility (Routledge Revivals)
This reissue was first published in 1978. Anthony Kenny, one of the most distinguished philosophers in England, explores the notion of responsibility and the precise place of the mental element in cr …
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€48.75
Anthony Kenny: Freewill and Responsibility (Routledge Revivals)
This reissue was first published in 1978. Anthony Kenny, one of the most distinguished philosophers in England, explores the notion of responsibility and the precise place of the mental element in cr …
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€48.69
Anthony Kenny: Studies in Ethics and the Philosophy of Religion
First published in 2003. This is Volume V of nine in the Studies in Ethics and the Philosophy of Religion collection. The Series is meant to provide an opportunity for philosophical discussions of a …
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€56.38
Anthony Kenny: Studies in Ethics and the Philosophy of Religion
First published in 2003. This is Volume V of nine in the Studies in Ethics and the Philosophy of Religion collection. The Series is meant to provide an opportunity for philosophical discussions of a …
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€56.74
Anthony Kenny: Computation of Style
Each year more and more scholars are becoming aware of the importance of the statistical study of literary texts. The present book is the first elementary introduction in English for those wishing to …
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David Boucher & John Clarke: Cultural Olympians
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. 156 …
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€12.70
Anthony Kenny: Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Utility
A volume on the nature, ingredients, causes and consequences of human happiness by the father and son team of Anthony and Charles Kenny. …
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€17.11
Anthony Kenny: Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Utility
A volume on the nature, ingredients, causes and consequences of human happiness by the father and son team of Anthony and Charles Kenny. …
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€17.36
Anthony Kenny: Aquinas on Being
Anthony Kenny offers a critical examination of a central metaphysical doctrine of Thomas Aquinas, the greatest of the medieval philosophers. Aquinas’s account of being is famous and influential: but …
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