Roger Scruton is that rarest of things: a first-rate philosopher who actually has a philosophy. Unfortunately at times for him, that philosophy is a conservative one. But his personal loss has been our great collective gain. As his new book again demonstrates, over the years his has been one of the few intellectually authoritative voices in modern British conservatism.
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Available from the Spectator Bookshop, £16.50, Tel: 08430 600033. Jesse Norman was Spectator Parliamentarian of the Year 2012.
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