Ideas That Matter : A Personal Guide for the 21st Century

from Brumby18

loved the ideas that this is a first step- "the introduction to key ideas" to be "part of the equipment needed by engaging citizens of the world" Provoking - worth a read

from Devil_llama

Grayling discusses issues that are important in the 21st century, not focusing on just the positive, but also on ideas that hang on and create problems. For the most part, the discussion is easy to read and astute, though he does lapse into jargon in some of the more philosophical topics, which m...

from Alex1952

Grayling is a philosopher with a great sense of humour and a great writing style. This book contains discussions on a list of topics that Grayling considers as important. Its style is somewhere between that of an encyclopedia and that of a collection of short essays. The average length for each e...