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  1. John Nicholas Gray (born 17 April 1948) is an English political philosopher and author with interests in analytic philosophy, the history of ideas, and philosophical pessimism. He retired in 2008 as School Professor of European Thought at the London School of Economics and Political Science .

  2. Oct 23, 2023 · John Gray’s The New Leviathans — is the world doomed to get worse? From global crises to rising geopolitical tensions, the philosopher warns us against assuming that progress is inevitable.

    • Jonathan Derbyshire
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  4. Dec 23, 2020 · I was thinking about this while reading John Gray’s peculiar new book, “Feline Philosophy,” the latest in a provocative oeuvre that has spanned four decades and covered subjects including Al ...

  5. Mar 11, 2013 · Philosopher AC Grayling, reviewing Gray’s book Black Mass for New Humanist in 2007, wasn’t so kind. He opens his stinging review like this: “John Gray is a curious figure whose habitual assaults on humanism are all carried along with such breezy assertion and generalisation that his underlying bitter pessimism is cloaked in motley.”

    • JP O'malley
  6. Jan 17, 2024 · John Gray photo by Tom Jamieson. Peter Thiel, who had a nomadic childhood as the son of German parents who eventually settled in America, co-founded PayPal, the online payments company, in 1998 at the age of 31. He ran the company, working alongside Elon Musk, until its sale to Ebay in 2002 for $1.5bn.

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  8. Dec 6, 2020 · Philosopher John Gray on why he is critical of prevailing ideas of progress, his friendship with Isaiah Berlin, and the wisdom of cats. The icon indicates free access to the linked research on JSTOR. John Gray is one of our greatest pessimists—and delightfully so. As he has it, our belief in a better future—one that will fashion a higher ...

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