Time of the Sages
Socrates, Buddha, Confucius and the Ideas that Shaped Our World
$47.01
- Hardcover
384 pages
- Release Date
18 March 2027
Summary
From the author of A History of Philosophy (100k units sold), the story of the revolution in the human mind that occurred 2,400 years ago in the space of a single generation across the world.
2,400 years ago there was a sudden and dramatic burst of new ideas across the world.
Simultaneously in Athens, Socrates was prompting his contemporaries to question their assumptions; in India, the Buddha was grappling with the boundary between the self and the world; and in Chin…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781911742227 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1911742221 |
| Author: | A.C. Grayling |
| Publisher: | Transworld Publishers Ltd |
| Imprint: | Torva |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 384 |
| Release Date: | 18 March 2027 |
| Weight: | 537g |
| Dimensions: | 30mm x 156mm x 240mm |
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A.C. Grayling
Professor A. C. Grayling
Professor A. C. Grayling is the founder and principal of the New College of the Humanities at Northeastern University, London. He is also a Supernumerary Fellow of St Anne’s College, Oxford.
Professor Grayling has authored and edited over thirty books covering philosophy and other disciplines. He has contributed columns to The Guardian and The Times. In 2014, he served as the Chair of the judging panel for the Man Booker Prize.
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