ROGER SCRUTON is a writer, philosopher and public commentator. He engages in contemporary political and cultural debates from the standpoint of a conservative thinker and is well known as a powerful polemicist. He has written widely in the press on political and cultural issues. He is currently research professor for the Institute for the Psychological Sciences where he teaches philosophy at their graduate school in both Washington and Oxford. He is also a visiting professor at Princeton University teaching a course offered jointly through the politics and philosophy departments.
82 Ebooks by Roger Scruton
Roger Scruton: The Palgrave Macmillan Dictionary of Political Thought
This new edition takes stock of the revolutionary changes that have taken place since the dictionary was first published in 1982. 1790 entries cover every aspect of political thought providing an ind …
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Hesiod: Theogony / Works and Days
C.S. Morrissey’s brilliant translations bring a modern, lyrical sensibility to Theogony and Works and Days, Hesiod’s two great poems that paved the way for subsequent achievements in Greek philosophy …
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Roger Scruton: The Soul of the World
A compelling defense of the sacred from acclaimed philosopher Roger Scruton In The Soul of the World, renowned philosopher Roger Scruton defends the experience of the sacred against today’s fashionab …
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Roger Scruton: On Human Nature
A brief, radical defense of human uniqueness from acclaimed philosopher Roger Scruton In this short book, acclaimed writer and philosopher Roger Scruton presents an original and radical defense of hu …
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Roger Scruton: Culture Counts
What is culture? Why should we preserve it, and how? In this book renowned philosopher Roger Scruton defends Western culture against its internal critics and external enemies, and argues that rumours …
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Liberty and Civilization
An essential volume of essays commissioned by the American Spectator and edited by the philosopher Roger Scruton, Liberty and Civilization examines the intellectual and spiritual traditions of our be …
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Roger Scruton: Green Philosophy
The environment has long been the undisputed territory of the political Left, which has seen the principal threats to the earth as issuing from international capitalism, consumerism and the over-expl …
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Roger Scruton: Our Church
For most people in England today, the church is simply the empty building at the end of the road, visited for the first time, if at all, when dead. It offers its sacraments to a population that lives …
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Roger Scruton: The Uses of Pessimism
Scruton argues that the tragedies and disasters of the history of the European continent have been the consequences of a false optimism and the fallacies that derive from it. In place of these fallac …
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Roger Scruton: Ich trinke, also bin ich
Jeder kennt das Sprichwort „in vino veritas“ (Im Wein liegt Wahrheit). Aber welche Wahrheit ist damit gemeint? Der renommierte Philosophieprofessor Roger Scruton ist dieser Frage in seinem neuen Buch …
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Roger Scruton: Von der Idee, konservativ zu sein
Wir leben in einer Zeit, in der es als Makel angesehen wird, konservativ zu sein. Bestenfalls wird der Konservatismus als eine angestaubte Nostalgie belächelt. Die Bannerträger des Zeitgeistes verste …
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Roger Scruton: Von der Idee, konservativ zu sein
Wir leben in einer Zeit, in der es als Makel angesehen wird, konservativ zu sein. Bestenfalls wird der Konservatismus als eine angestaubte Nostalgie belächelt. Die Bannerträger des Zeitgeistes verste …
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Roger Scruton: Essere conservatore
Essere conservatore condensa e aggiorna le riflessioni che il filosofo Roger Scruton va svolgendo dai primi anni 1970 sulle origini, gli sviluppi e i vari aspetti di quel pensiero conservatore anglos …
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Roger Scruton: Confessioni di un eretico
Il libro di Roger Scruton è una raccolta di saggi ‒ otto ‒, pubblicata in Inghilterra nel 2016. I temi spaziano dall’estetica artistica, agli animali, alla politica, al ballo, al futuro della tecnolo …
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Roger Scruton: Beauty
Beauty can be consoling, disturbing, sacred, profane; it can be exhilarating, appealing, inspiring, chilling. It can affect us in an unlimited variety of ways. Yet it is never viewed with indifferenc …
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Roger Scruton: Kant
Kant is arguably the most influential modern philosopher, but also one of the most difficult. Roger Scruton tackles his exceptionally complex subject with a strong hand, exploring the background to K …
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Roger Scruton: Spinoza
Benedict de Spinoza (1632-77) was at once the father of the Enlightenment and the last sad guardian of the medieval world. In his brilliant synthesis of geometrical method, religious sentiment, and s …
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Roger Scruton: Beauty
Beauty can be consoling, disturbing, sacred, profane; it can be exhilarating, appealing, inspiring, chilling. It can affect us in an unlimited variety of ways. Yet it is never viewed with indifferenc …
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Roger Scruton: Death-Devoted Heart
A tale of forbidden love and inevitable death, the medieval legend of Tristan and Isolde recounts the story of two lovers unknowingly drinking a magic potion and ultimately dying in one another’s arm …
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Roger Scruton: How to Think Seriously About the Planet: The Case for an Environmental Conservatism
The environment has long been the undisputed territory of the political Left, which casts international capitalism, consumerism, and the over-exploitation of natural resources as the principle threat …
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Roger Scruton: How to Think Seriously About the Planet: The Case for an Environmental Conservatism
The environment has long been the undisputed territory of the political Left, which casts international capitalism, consumerism, and the over-exploitation of natural resources as the principle threat …
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Roger Scruton: Death-Devoted Heart
A tale of forbidden love and inevitable death, the medieval legend of Tristan and Isolde recounts the story of two lovers unknowingly drinking a magic potion and ultimately dying in one another’s arm …
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Roger Scruton: Short History of Modern Philosophy
A Short History of Modern Philosophy is a lucid, challenging and up-to-date survey of the philosophers and philosophies from the founding father of modern philosophy, René Descartes, to the mo …
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Roger Scruton: Short History of Modern Philosophy
Discover for yourself the pleasures of philosophy! Written both for the seasoned student of philosophy as well as the general reader, the renowned writer Roger Scruton provides a survey of modern phi …
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Roger Scruton: Meaning of Conservatism
First published in 1980, this contribution to political thought is a statement of the traditional conservative position. Roger Scruton challenges those who would regard themselves as conservatives, a …
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Roger Scruton: A Short History of Modern Philosophy
Discover for yourself the pleasures of philosophy! Written both for the seasoned student of philosophy as well as the general reader, the renowned writer Roger Scruton provides a survey of modern phi …
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Roger Scruton: A Short History of Modern Philosophy
Discover for yourself the pleasures of philosophy! Written both for the seasoned student of philosophy as well as the general reader, the renowned writer Roger Scruton provides a survey of modern phi …
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Roger Scruton: Short History of Modern Philosophy
A Short History of Modern Philosophy is a lucid, challenging and up-to-date survey of the philosophers and philosophies from the founding father of modern philosophy, Rene Descartes, to the most impo …
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Roger Scruton: Short History of Modern Philosophy
A Short History of Modern Philosophy is a lucid, challenging and up-to-date survey of the philosophers and philosophies from the founding father of modern philosophy, Rene Descartes, to the most impo …
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Roger Scruton: Ring of Truth
“Nothing in opera is grander than The Ring, no work more suited to the deep reading the writer gives here.” —Opera News Richard Wagner’s Ring of the Nibelung …
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Roger Scruton: West and the Rest
Scruton shows how the different religious and philosophical roots of Western and Islamic societies have resulted in those societies’ profoundly divergent beliefs about the nature of political order. …
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Roger Scruton: Great Philosophers: Spinoza
Born to be misunderstood, Spinoza was a man whose theology was banned for Godlessness. The very virtuosity of his reasoning left logicians unsettled, while even to professional thinkers in our own ti …
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Roger Scruton: Conservatism: Ideas in Profile
Roger Scruton looks at the central ideas of conservatism over the centuries. He examines conservative thinking on civil society, the rule of law and the role of the state on the one hand; and freedom …
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Roger Scruton: Ring of Truth
‘The ideal interpreter of the Ring … a fascinating and valuable study … absorbing and convincing’ Sunday Times The Ring of the Nibelung is one of the greatest works of art created in modern times …
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Roger Scruton & Marwa al-Sabouni: Battle for Home
Drawing on the author’s personal experience of living and working as an architect in Syria, this book offers an eyewitness perspective on the country’s bitter conflict through the lens of architectur …
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Roger Scruton: Notes from Underground
Bronze Winner of a 2015 Independent Publisher Award in the Suspense/Thriller Category Set in the twilight years of the Czechoslovak communist regime and recalled from the suburbs of Washington. Roger …
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Roger Scruton: Souls in the Twilight
"Scruton’s multifaceted exploration of what it means to be a relational and responsible person is one of the great philosophical and literary projects of our time." – Daniel J. Mahoney, The …
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Scruton Roger Scruton: Modern Culture
What do we mean by ‘culture’? This word, purloined by journalists to denote every kind of collective habit, lies at the centre of contemporary debates about the past and future of society.In this tho …
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Scruton Roger Scruton: I Drink Therefore I Am
Here Scruton explains the connection between good wine and serious thought with a heady mix of humour and philosophy.We are familiar with the medical opinion that a daily glass of wine is good for th …
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Roger Scruton: Political Philosophy
Over the past twenty years, Roger Scruton has been developing a conservative view of human beings, society and culture. The tone of this book is positive and the arguments are recommendations with th …
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Anthony Barnett & Roger Scruton: Town And Country
It has become increasingly apparent that in Britain the relationship between town and country is breaking down and that both are in crisis: policies concerning urbanisation, industry, housing and tra …
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Scruton Roger Scruton: Xanthippic Dialogues
The real Plato is revealed to us, by the women whom he banished from his arguments.In Plato’s dialogues, an idealised Socrates expounds the ideas for which Plato will, until the end of history, be fa …
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Scruton Roger Scruton: Francesca
Set in the early 1960s, Francesca tells the story of Colin Ferguson, an aspiring writer whose life is blighted by love. The object of his love lies always out of reach, and never more so than when he …
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Scruton Roger Scruton: Disappeared
The Disappeared is a story of our times, of kidnap and rescue, of abuse and healing. It is the story of Stephen, a teacher whose love for the pupil who shares his dreams brings him face to face with …
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Scruton Roger Scruton: How to be a conservative
Roger Scruton’s How to be a Conservative presents the case for modern conservatism not in the terms of an elegy but rather as a practical example of how to live as a conservative despite the pressure …
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Scruton Roger Scruton: Gentle Regrets
Roger Scruton is Britain’s best known intellectual dissident, who has defended English traditions and English identity against an official culture of denigration.Although his writings on philosophica …
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Scruton Roger Scruton: Where We Are
WINNER OF THE CATHOLIC HERALD BOOK AWARD Where We Are is philosopher Roger Scruton’s personal response to the consequences of the 2017 ‘Brexit’ vote.This concise, engaging book is neither an argument …
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Scruton Roger Scruton: Modern Philosophy
Roger Scruton is one of the most widely respected philosophers of our time, whose often provocative views never fail to simulate debate. In Modern Philosophy he turns his attention to the whole of th …
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Scruton Roger Scruton: Fools, Frauds and Firebrands
A devastating critique of New Left thinking.In Fools, Frauds and Firebrands, Roger Scruton first surveys and then deconstructs the golden idols of left wing thought from the 1960s to the present day. …
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Scruton Roger Scruton: Music as an Art
In the latest of his books exploring a lifetime’s passion for music, bestselling author and philosopher Roger Scruton brings his immense critical faculties to bear on a panoply of different musical g …
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Scruton Roger Scruton: Sexual Desire
‘A dazzling treatise, as erudite and eloquent as Simone de Beauvoir’s The Second Sex and considerably more sound in its conclusion’ – TLSWhen John desires Mary or Mary desires John, what does either …
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Dooley Mark Dooley & Scruton Roger Scruton: Conversations with Roger Scruton
A candid and personal insight into the life and work of the philosopher and writer Roger Scruton, by his intellectual biographer Mark Dooley.This book reveals what life was like for Roger Scruton gro …
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Roger Scruton: Understanding Music
With Understanding Music and The Aesthetics of Music (1997) Roger Scruton set a new standard of rigour and seriousness in the philosophy of music. This collection of wide-ranging essays covers all as …
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Scruton Roger Scruton: Philosophy
In Philosophy: Principles and Problems Roger Scruton shares the ideas and arguments which initially attracted him to the subject and those which have engaged his attention throughout his career. Thro …
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Roger Scruton: Wagner’s Parsifal
A superbly insightful and moving exploration of Wagner’s last opera, by one of Britain’s leading intellectuals Wagner’s last music-drama tells the story of Parsifal, the ‘pure fool, knowing through c …
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Marwa al-Sabouni: The Battle for Home: The Vision of a Young Architect in Syria
An architect’s gripping account of living and working in war-torn Syria, and the role architecture plays in whether a community crumbles or comes together Drawing on the author’s personal experience …
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Roger Scruton: El alma del mundo
Extensa reflexión sobre la necesidad de lo sagrado para la vida humana, y las consecuencias de su pérdida. Una vez que la ciencia define qué es el hombre, ¿queda todo dicho? El filósofo Roger Scruton …
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Roger Scruton: Pensadores de la nueva izquierda
El filósofo Roger Scruton inicia este estudio sobre los fundamentos de la Nueva Izquierda en 1985, publicando un libro con este mismo nombre. En él analizaba, entre otros, a Sartre y Foucault, Habe …
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Roger Scruton: Bebo, luego existo
Una copa de vino al día, según muchos médicos, es bueno para la salud. Más de una, puede llevarnos a la ruina. Sea dudoso o no el consejo para la salud del cuerpo, defiende Scruton, es indudablemente …
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Roger Scruton: Sobre la naturaleza humana
Scruton lleva a cabo una defensa radical de la singularidad humana. Frente a pensadores utilitaristas y materialistas como Richard Dawkins y Daniel Dennett, defiende que el ser humano no puede entend …
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Roger Scruton: Bekenntnisse eines Häretikers
Während der Zeitgeist einmal mehr nach Utopia entwischt, betrachtet Roger Scruton die sitzengelassene Gegenwart: in zwölf Essays denkt er nach übers Regieren, Bauen und Tanzen, über das Sprechen vom …
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Roger Scruton: Narren, Schwindler, Unruhestifter
Der unlängst verstorbene Roger Scruton war einer der wohl wichtigsten konservativen Denker unserer Zeit. Er liefert in diesem Buch eine vernichtende Kritik der Idole des linken Denkens des 20. und 21 …
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Roger Scruton: Narren, Schwindler, Unruhestifter
Der unlängst verstorbene Roger Scruton war einer der wohl wichtigsten konservativen Denker unserer Zeit. Er liefert in diesem Buch eine vernichtende Kritik der Idole des linken Denkens des 20. und 21 …
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Roger Scruton: CONFESSIONS OF A HERETIC
A collection of provacative essays by the late philosopher and political thinker Roger Scruton. Each ‘confession’ reveals aspects of the author’s thinking that his critics would probably have advised …
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Roger Scruton: The Aesthetics of Architecture
A landmark account of architectural theory and practice from acclaimed philosopher Roger Scruton Architecture is distinguished from other art forms by its sense of function, its localized quality, it …
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Roger Scruton: Aesthetics of Music
Now available in paperback, this is perhaps the first comprehensive account of the nature and significance of music from the perspective of modern philosophy, and the only treatment of the subject wh …
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Mikolaj Slawkowski-Rode: Meaning of Mourning
Grief is a universal human response to death and loss. Mourning is an equally universally observable practice that enables the bereaved to express their grief and come to terms with the reality of lo …
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Roger Scruton: A alma do mundo
Do autor de Como ser um conservador, este livro preza pela experiência do sagrado contra o ataque dos ateísmos contemporâneos. Scruton argumenta que nossos relacionamentos pessoais, intuições morais …
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Roger Scruton: Como ser um conservador
Uma obra de extrema relevância para o atual cenário político brasileiro O filósofo político inglês Roger Scruton construiu sua reputação ao empregar a sua inteligência na reflexão e divulgação do pen …
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Roger Scruton: Uma Terra Feita Refém – O Líbano e o Ocidente
Em 1962, o filósofo Roger Scruton visitou o Líbano. O país ainda era democrático, com diversos grupos políticos e religiosos vivendo em harmonia desde o fim da Segunda Guerra Mundial. Mas na década d …
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Roger Scruton: As Memórias de Underground
Na Tchecoslováquia comunista, Jan Reichl cultiva o hábito de andar de metrô e imaginar os segredos escondidos sob as faces mudas de seus compatriotas. Ter um passatempo se tornou necessário quando se …
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Roger Scruton: Confissões de um heretico
Esta coletânea de artigos é fruto de uma década de engajamento com a cultura britânica e norte-americana. Alguns foram publicados em papel, outros na internet, outros, ainda, estão sendo apresentados …
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Roger Scruton: Música como arte
Roger Scruton é conhecido pelos seus escritos de filosofia política, pelo seu posicionamento conservador. No entanto, seu maior amor parece ser os estudos sobre a arte, em especial a música. Para ele …
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Roger Scruton: A cultura importa
O que é cultura? Por que devemos preservá-la? E como? Em A cultura importa, Roger Scruton defende a cultura ocidental contra as críticas internas e os inimigos externos e argumenta que os rumores de …
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Roger Scruton: Understanding Music
With Understanding Music and The Aesthetics of Music (1997) Roger Scruton set a new standard of rigour and seriousness in the philosophy of music. This collection of wide-ranging essays covers all as …
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Roger Scruton: Face of God
Roger Scruton explores the place of God in a disenchanted world. His argument is a response to the atheist culture that is now growing around us, and also a defence of human uniqueness. He rebuts the …
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Roger Scruton: Face of God
Roger Scruton explores the place of God in a disenchanted world. His argument is a response to the atheist culture that is now growing around us, and also a defence of human uniqueness. He rebuts the …
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Roger Scruton: Uma Filosofia Política
Nos últimos vinte anos o filósofo britânico Roger Scruton desenvolveu uma visão conservadora dos seres humanos, da sociedade e da cultura. O tom deste livro é positivo, e os argumentos são recomendaç …
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Roger Scruton: Political Philosophy
Over the past twenty years, Roger Scruton has been developing a conservative view of human beings, society and culture. The tone of this book is positive and the arguments are recommendations with th …
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