The format, equally cheekily, is the same as the king james bible, whose. The book was designed as a secular alternative to religious text, and to be read as a narrative drawing on nonreligious philosophy, including that from ancient greek, chinese, roman, indian and arab civilizations, as well as the european renaissance and the age of enlightenment. The good book begins with genesis, where you can see the ideas of darwin laid out in an inspirational way. He is the author of the acclaimed among the dead cities, descartes, toward the light of liberty, meditations for the humanist, and thinking of answers. Inspired by the writing of herodotus and lucretius, confucius and mencius, seneca and cicero, montaigne, bacon, and so many others, the good book fulfills its audacious purpose in every way. A humanist bible and millions of other books are available for instant access. Grayling is a professor of philosophy at birkbeck college, university of london. Grayling has 69 books on goodreads with 107749 ratings. He has written and edited over thirty books on philosophy and other subjects.
The philosopher ac grayling has created a secular bible, but its guidance. A c grayling, britains most popular and widely read philosopher, has created a secular bible that draws on the wisdom of 2,500 years of contemplative nonreligious writing about all that it means to be human from the origins of the universe to small matters of courtesy and kindness in everyday life designed to be read as narrative and also to be dipped into for inspiration, encouragement and. Because socalled soft brexit is a pointless unsustainable fudge explanation below and because sentiment in the country is turning against the whole idea anyway, brexit is dying. The good book is an inspired work of insight, wisdom, solace, and commentary on the human condition drawn from the worlds great humanist traditions of thought and literature, western and easter alike. Jul 26, 2012 the good book is a manifesto for rational thought, but mirrors the bible in both form and language.
The good book is a manifesto for rational thought, but mirrors the bible in both form and language. Essential readings for the nonbeliever, and the good book, and more on. Grayling explains he has spent several decades on his a. A secular bible 1st edition by grayling, professor a. The foundations upon which our democracies stand are inherently flawed, vulnerable to corrosion from within. What links here related changes upload file special pages permanent link page. I am struggling just to finish the book because it is deadly dull. Whitepages provides the top free people search and tenant screening tool online with contact information for over 250 million people including cell phone numbers and complete background check data compiled from public records, white pages and other directories in all 50 states. The good book is a book of insight, inspiration, wisdom, solace and commentary on the. Designed to be read as narrative and also to be dipped into for inspiration, encouragement and consolation, the good book offers a thoughtful, nonreligious. Two recent developments, writes grayling philosophynew coll.
Thank you for using the download pdf file feature, to. Grayling online on bookmate drawing on the wisdom of 2,500 years of contemplative nonreligious writing on all that it means to be human from the origins of the univer. Ac grayling bbc video interview tackling the good book the sydney morning herald the new atheists are responding, not attacking new humanist pressing questions for our century edge ac graylings top 5 nonreligious books slate a. This 700 page book is written in the same format as the bible with the modern numbering of sections of the bible. A refreshing distillation of insights into the human condition, by one of the bestknown and most popular philosophers in the uk. Additional gift options are available when buying one ebook at a time. He talks about why religion angers him, the power of philosophy and his mane of hair. Grayling may be the ultimate editor and redactor of the sources drawn together in the good book, but thats as far as a secular doctrine of inspiration can go. Best of all, if after reading an ebook, you buy a paper version of the god argument. The god argument is the first book to deal with all the arguments against religion and to present a positive alternative. The professor of philosophy at the university of london and fellow of st annes college, oxford, picks five books on ideas that matter. Download the fullsize images jesus and the very big surprise. Im used to this language being peppered with things i dont believe in, and listening to it at weddings or funerals generally gives me a lump in my stomach.
Read the book on paper it is quite a powerful experience. Grayling discusses creating a nonreligious bible that draws from the wealth of secular literature and philosophy in both western and eastern traditions. The good book consciously takes its design and presentation from the bible, in its beauty of language and arrangement into short chapters and verses for ease of reading and quotability, offering to the nonreligious seeker all the wisdom, insight, solace, inspiration, and perspective of secular humanist traditions that are older, far richer and. Grayling, basic books, 2010, 046502114x, 9780465021147, 448 pages. During the night, with a grawk and a cronk, pook the mouse ha. The best books on being good five books expert recommendations. Grayling was one of the contributors to the book, we are one. Oct 19, 2015 does the electronic version of the book completely replace the paper version. Grayling white pages phone books in michigan mi whitepages. While the title listed in the add is the good book. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.
The good book by ac grayling of the three contemporary prophets of atheism, professor richard dawkins, christopher hitchens and professor ac grayling, i know two, hitchens and. Thats a good segue to john stuart mills famous work on liberty, in which he discusses precisely these issues of the individuals moral freedom from constraint on liberty is a very important document, and one which, because of the clarity with which one can read it and its brevity, is slightly passed over. Scepticism as a philosophical term is as old as the greeks but has more recently been advanced by montaigne, descartes and hume. In that book, the choice of hercules, where i discuss the tension between the good life in the sybaritic sense of wine, women and song, and on the other hand the good life in the sense of the puritan virtues, my argument is that they are both important, and that a blend of the two is constitutive of a third and better version of the good.
Grayling tossed and turned as the wind yowled like a hungry cat trying to get inside. Few, if any, thinkers and writers today would have the imagination, the breadth of knowledge, and the literary skill to conceive of a powerful secular alternative to the bible. One would assume that with a title like the meaning of things, each chapter would be attempting to provide real meaning to the topic, but i found myself thinking that the treatments were fairly light weight. Thank you for using the download pdf file feature, to download a correct pdf file, please follow the steps. The good book isbn 9780802717375 pdf epub a c grayling. Drawing on the wisdom of 2,500 years of contemplative nonreligious writing on all that it means to be human from the origins of the universe to small matters of courtesy and kindness in everyday life a. Ac grayling introduces his new book, the god argument. He has written and edited over thirty books on philosophy and other subjects, and has written on nonwestern philosop. Note that grayling lays his book out like the bible with similar referencing.
Grayling, who spent 30 years compiling the good book. There is an immense depth of human wisdom on display here, and. Designed to be read as narrative and also to be dipped into for inspiration, encouragement and consolation, the good book offers a thoughtful, nonreligious alternative to the many people who do not follow one of the worlds great religions. Thinking about life, what it means and what it holds in store does not have to be a despondent experience, but rather can be enlightening and uplifting. Grayling makes the case for a clear, consistent, principled and written constitution, and sets out the reforms necessary among them addressing the imbalance of power between government and parliament, imposing fixed terms for mps, introducing. The best books on ideas that matter recommended by a c grayling. I am sympathetic to the desire to protect the humanities and i liked the good booki dislike the combination here of ideology. Grayling explains he has spent several decades on his ambitious project, distilling what he. Firstyear students are asked to read it, but then its thought not to have. The general election demonstrated not only that there is no mandate for brexit, but that the idea of a socalled hard brexit is dead. A distinctive voice somewhere between mark twain and michel montaigne is how psychology today described a.
The substitution of grayling for god as ultimate author means that any analogy between the good book and the good book is extremely thin. Grayling has done, creating a nonreligious bible drawn from the wealth of secular. Grayling, britains most popular and widely read philosopher, has created a secular bible. After conversion, you can see that there are following files listed in output folder. A humanist bible reprint by grayling, reader in philosophy birkbeck college a c isbn. The books run from genesis to the good, by way of parables, lamentations, songs, histories and epistles, each broken up into chapter and verse, in mimicry of that. Ac grayling bbc video interview tackling the good book the sydney morning herald the new atheists are responding, not attacking new humanist pressing questions for our century edge ac grayling s top 5 nonreligious books slate a. The book expresses grayling s sciencebased humanist philosophy throughout, but draws on hundreds of authors throughout history and across the world. A secular bible, the philosopher sets out his manifesto for rational thought. I am sympathetic to the desire to protect the humanities and i liked the good book i dislike the combination here of ideology. Of democracy and its discontents, with a resonant defense of what winston churchill called the least bad of all systems. This acclaimed book by a c grayling is available at in several formats for your ereader.
Few, if any, thinkers and writers today would have the imagination, the breadth of knowledge, and the literary skill to conceive of a powerful secular altern. You dont have to be a nonbeliever to find solace and wisdom in the distilled ideas. The god argument is the first book to deal with all the arguments against religion and to present a. Grayling tackles the good book when it comes to god, this atheistic author is doggedly opposed. Buy a cheap copy of the reason of things book by a. The good book cant be bettered the philosopher ac grayling has created a secular bible, but its guidance for a good life fails to convince genevieve fox. This is high praise, which grayling, a philosopher at the university of london and the. Grayling may be the ultimate editor and redactor of the sources drawn together in the good book, but thats as far as a secular doctrine of.
When i got the book, i was a bit disappointed, because i like grayling s other books so much and i had hoped this would be similar. Grayling is master of the new college of the humanities, and a supernumerary fellow of st annes college, oxford. The format is similar to that of the bible, with books and verses. I suppose some might be offended by the good book but they neednt be. A fellow of the world economic forum and past chairman of the human rights organization june fourth, he contributes frequently to the times london, the. The best books on ideas that matter five books expert. A secular bible, the title appearing on my copies are, the good book.
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