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Warburton received a ba from the university of bristol and a phd from darwin college, cambridge, and was a lecturer at the university of nottingham before joining the department of philosophy at the open university in 1994. Dec 02, 2004 nigel warburton brings philosophy to life with an imaginative selection of philosophical writings on key topics. Listen to nigel and david talking about this book 3 mins 51 secs here. Notes and links on the aesthetic status of forgeries notes from at tate modern course. Derek matravers on the definition of art an audio interview. Warburton is patient, accurate and, above all, clear. For the fourth edition, warburton has added new sections to several chapters, revised others and brought the further reading sections up to date. Currently on the podcast feed, warburton reads chapters from his book summarizing classics such as platos the republic, aristotles nicomachean ethics, boethius the consolation of philosophy, machiavellis the. Nigel warburton, copresenter of philosophy bites, is interviewed by tpms editor, james garvey. The book examines and summarizes 27 classic works of philosophy.
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