Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read the god argument. Few, if any, thinkers and writers today would have the imagination, the breadth of knowledge, the literary skill, andyesthe audacity to conceive of a. Graylings play grace, cowritten with mick gordon, has played to full houses in london and new york, starring lynn redgrave. 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 consolation, the good book offers a thoughtful, nonreligious alternative to the many people who do. Grayling discusses creating a nonreligious bible that draws from the wealth of secular literature and philosophy in both. Grayling is this wonderfully incisive book, but it is the main ingredient in everything that makes the world a better place and indeed meditations. You dont have to be a nonbeliever to find solace and wisdom in the distilled ideas presented here. 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. I n the unholy trinity of professional atheists, ac grayling has always tended to be regarded as the good cop.
The good book begins with genesis, where you can see the ideas of darwin laid out in an inspirational way. 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. Grayling is the author of about 30 books on philosophy, biography, history of ideas, human rights and ethics, including the refutation of scepticism 1985, the future of moral values 1997, wittgenstein 1992, what is good. Drawn from the wealth of secular literature and philosophy in both western and eastern traditions, using the same techniques of editing, redaction, and adaptation that produced the holy books of the judeochristian and islamic religions, the good book consciously takes its design and presentation from the bible. Instead, going back to traditions older than christianity, and far richer and more various, including the nontheistic philosophical and literary schools of the great civilisations of both west and east, from the greek philosophy of classical antiquity. Few, if any, thinkers and writers today would have the imagination, the breadth of knowledge, the literary skill, andye.
Buy a cheap copy of the reason of things book by a. Reading through this i was really pleasantly surprised at how much i liked it. 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 consolation, the good book. Someone once said, respect the book, or you disrespect its author. 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. Note that grayling lays his book out like the bible with similar referencing. The good book by ac grayling of the three contemporary prophets of atheism, professor richard dawkins, christopher hitchens and professor ac grayling. I suppose some might be offended by the good book but they neednt be. Our cheap used books come with free delivery in australia. The foundations upon which our democracies stand are inherently flawed, vulnerable to corrosion from within.
Grayling the good book is a book of insight, inspiration, wisdom, solace and commentary on the human condition drawn from the great humanist traditions of thought and literature of the world. Good book, the livros na amazon brasil 9780802717375. A book of extraordinary audacity from a remarkable thinkera secular bible drawn from the wisdom and humanity in the worlds great literature. Read the good book a humanist bible by professor a. While gottliebs books are excellent and highly recommended, their author a former editor of the economist does exhibit a journalists forgivable urge to be flashy or witty whenever possible. Essential readings for the nonbeliever, and the good book, and more on. Grayling, 97814088748, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Snell december 2011 in its marketing campaign, the good book. 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 is a book of insight, inspiration, wisdom, solace and commentary on the human condition drawn from the great humanist traditions of thought and literature of the world. Grayling explains he has spent several decades on his ambitious project, distilling what he. 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 is an inspired work of insight, wisdom, solace, and commentary on the human condition drawn from the worlds great humanist traditions of thought. Published on the four hundredth anniversary of the king james bible, the good book is a work of extraordinary audacity from a remarkable thinkera secular humanist bible drawn from the wisdom and inspiration in the worlds great literature. Grayling s exquisite wording is a match for the soul touching content of the book. 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. Grayling s new publication the good state he warns that there is a ticking timebomb at the heart of our representative democracy and in more than fifty countries around the world. In that way we respect and immortality, not a life. Grayling is a professor of philosophy at birkbeck college, university of. The philosopher ac grayling has created a secular bible, but its guidance for a good life fails to convince genevieve fox.
And in the year 2011, anthony the seer did come forth with flowing locks and dispensed wisdom to the people grayling. A distinctive voice somewhere between mark twain and michel montaigne is how psychology today described a. Grayling s play grace, cowritten with mick gordon, has played to full houses in london and new york, starring lynn redgrave. Designed to be read as narrative and also to be dipped into for inspiration, encouragement and consolation, the good book offers a. In another act of mimicry, the language of the good book is selfconsciously formal. Grayling is a professor of philosophy at birkbeck college, university of london. Join us for this intriguing talk at lancaster library as a. The prisoners, the earthquake, and the midnight song. There is not a lot of new ground covered herekant, descartes, hume and locke all fall under the microscope, and grayling has intelligently tackled religious belief in a long list of other books, including the good book 2011. Grayling discusses how he responds to criticism of his latest work, the good book. And these stories are even more assuring and supportive than the religious fictions. While grayling makes a thoughtful case in engaging writing for humanisma belief in the potential of human beings. The good book isbn 9780802717375 pdf epub a c grayling.
Less coldly clinical in tone than richard dawkins, less aggressively combative than. The great beauty of language in the king james version was deliberate, says grayling. 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. 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. The case against religion and for humanism ebook written by a. The good book is a manifesto for rational thought, but mirrors the bible in both form and language. 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. The good book is just such a collage, but of irreligious, rather than religious, wisdom.
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