. . . . "1944-02-27Z"^^ . . "Scruton, Roger"@en . . "1944Z"^^ . . "Roger Scruton"@en . . . . "Roger Vernon Scruton, FBA, FRSL (/\u02C8skru\u02D0t\u0259n/; born 27 February 1944) is an English philosopher who specialises in aesthetics. He has written over thirty books, including Art and Imagination (1974), The Meaning of Conservatism (1980), Sexual Desire (1986), The Philosopher on Dover Beach (1990), The Aesthetics of Music (1997), Beauty (2009), How to Think Seriously About the Planet: The Case for an Environmental Conservatism (2012), Our Church (2012), and How to be a Conservative (2014)."@en . . . . "English philosopher" . .