The Philosopher
Bryan Magee
The face
The background
- Nationality:
- British
- Schools:
- Revival of transcendental idealism
- Branchs:
- Metaphysics, Epistemology, History of philosophy
- Period:
- Contemporary
The synopsis
The works
The Philosophy of Schopenhauer
Confessions of a Philosopher
The Great Philosophers: An Introduction to Western Philosophy
Aspects of Wagner
Wagner and Philosophy
Ultimate Questions
Crucifixion and Other Poems
Go West, Young Man
To Live in Danger
The New Radicalism
The Democratic Revolution
Towards 2000: The World We Make
One in Twenty: A Study of Homosexuality in Men and Women
The Television Interviewer
Modern British Philosophy
Karl Popper
Facing Death
Men of Ideas: Some Creators of Contemporary Philosophy
On Blindness: Letters between Bryan Magee and Martin Milligan
The Story of Thought: The Essential Guide to the History of Western Philosophy
Clouds of Glory: A Hoxton Childhood
Growing up in a War
Making the Most of It
The quotes
The basic drive behind real philosophy is curiosity about the world, not interest in the writings of philosophers.
Superstitions and belief in magic are perennial in just the same way as religion, and something near to being universal among mankind; and why this is so may be interesting, but in most cases the beliefs themselves are devoid of interesting content, at least to me.
The Copernican revolution brought about by Kant was, I think, the most important single turning point in the history of philosophy.