Ep. 72 - Sam Scruton - An Introduction To The Life & Philosophy Of Sir Roger Scruton

Sir Roger Scruton was one of the most influential philosophers of the last century. His work spans nearly 40 books and thousands of articles and has been the intellectual heavyweight on issues as conservatism, theology, and politics. In this episode, I speak to his son, Sam Scruton about what Sir Roger was like behind the books. I wanted to cover the topics that Sir Roger wrote prominently such as architecture, localism, hunting, and beauty. I also wanted to discover what Sir Roger was like as father, what was his parenting style, how did he structure his day, did he really teach Sam Greek aged 6 similar to John Stuart Mill? Sam shares personal anecdotes, touching stories, and lifts a lid on the one of Britain’s most respected philosophers. Books We Mentioned: “On Hunting”, “Gentle Regrets”, & “How To Be A Conservative” See all books here: https://www.worldofbooks.com/en-gb/collections/author-books-by-roger-scruton Sign Up To Scrutopia Summer School: https://www.roger-scruton.com/scrutopia-summer-school 0:00 - Coming Up...0:21 - “Raising Master Scruton” Guardian Article 3:49 - Lessons Happened Around The Dinner Table 6:47 - His Work On Architecture 15:46 - City vs. Country 19:24 - Love Of The Countryside?22:30 - Goose Farmers? 24:44 - On Hunting30:11 - What Was His Conservatism? 34:46 - Temporal vs. Transcendental Works37:51 - Love Of Writing 40:27 - A Day In His Life 44:26 - Work In Eastern Europe 47:51 - How Sir Roger & Sophie Met49:23 - Scrutopia Summer School52:24 - Book Recommendations