Synopses & Reviews
A volume on nature, ingredients, causes and consequences of human happiness by father and son team of Antony and Charles Kenny.
Synopsis
A volume on the nature, ingredients, causes, and consequences of human happiness by the father and son team of Anthony and Charles Kenny, this book is an updating of Samuel Johnson's famous lines: ""How small of all that human hearts endure. That part which laws or kings can cause or cure! Still to ourselves in every place consigned. Our own felicity we make or find.""
About the Author
Sir Anthony Kenny was formerly Master of Balliol College, Oxford, and is currently president of the British Academy. His many books include Medieval Philosophy, A Brief History of Western Philosophy, The Oxford Illustrated History of Western Philosophy, Ancient Philosophy and WittgensteinSir Anthony Kenny is one of Britain's most distinguished academic figures. He has been Pro-Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford, Master of Balliol College, Chairman of the Board of the British Library, and President of the British Academy. He has published more than forty books on philosophy
and history.