A. C. Grayling: Living

A. C. Grayling is English philosopher. Explore interesting quotes on living.
A. C. Grayling: 48   quotes 1   like

“The growth of civilisation is measured by refinements of living and increasing distance from the immediacies of survival.”

Source: Life, Sex, and Ideas: The Good Life Without God (2002), Chapter 13, “Sex” (p. 49)

“People not only live by symbols, but die by them, as wars of religion and nationalism attest.”

Source: Life, Sex, and Ideas: The Good Life Without God (2002), Chapter 4, “Symbols” (p. 19)

“Worst of all, symbols sometimes live on in their own right when what they symbolise has long been forgotten.”

Source: Life, Sex, and Ideas: The Good Life Without God (2002), Chapter 4, “Symbols” (p. 19)

“Of all the questions we can ask ourselves the most important is: how is one best to live?”

Source: Life, Sex, and Ideas: The Good Life Without God (2002), “Introduction” (p. xi)