Thursday, 21 January 2010
John Gray:The Greatest Living Philosopher on the Dangers of Communist and Neoliberal Utopianism
The best and most important contemporary philosopher. Modern atheism is simply a inverted thought pattern induced by Christian thinking and that Progress is an illusion, one created by a linear concept of history as opposed to the more convincing ideas of the ancients where history is cyclical and the task of politics is to stave off recurrent evils.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
'The best and most important contemporary philosopher'
ReplyDeleteCan't say I know enough to say, but I'd tentatively agree; or at least he seems to be one of the most gifted stylists and most original.
The sad irony is that he seems to write very little whilst Appalling Cliches Grayling keeps turning out reams of incessant dross.