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The speaker describes life as moving through three unhappy phases. First comes misery, then discomfort, and finally a life focused on hunting. The quote frames hunting as the last stage after earlier dissatisfaction.
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About Roger Scruton
English philosopher, writer, and social critic
Sir Roger Vernon Scruton was an English philosopher, writer, and social critic. He is known for work on aesthetics and political philosophy, and for presenting conservative views in those fields. He founded The Salisbury Review, a conservative political journal, and wrote more than 50 books on architecture, art, philosophy, politics, religion, and related subjects. He also chaired the United Kingdom government’s Building Better, Building Beautiful Commission from 2019 to 2020. His ideas on classical architecture and beauty continue through his foundation, and his political thought remains influential.
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Books by Roger Scruton
Animal Rights and Wrongs
2006
Beauty
2009
Fools, Frauds and Firebrands
2015
A short history of modern philosophy
1995
An intelligent person's guide to philosophy
1999