Cassandra
I don’t know if you take the Telegraph, but if not I thought that you might like to see this charming tribute to your late friend
>>>Sir -Professor Sir Roger Scruton (Obituaries, January 13) taught me as an undergraduate and was my PhD supervisor.
He was a brilliant, cultured man and, unlike some philosophers, who focus on abstruse technical trivialities, he concentrated on the most important features of the human condition. He wrote courageously against the spirit of the modern age, with its philistine materialism.
In contrast to his malicious detractors, he was scrupulously fair in his criticisms of his opponents and treated them with respect. He was a principled, hardworking, kind and generous man who combined high seriousness with a wonderful, if dry, sense of humour. His life and work have been inspiring and the world is a lesser place without him.
Dr. Frank Palmer
Twickenham, Middlesex. <<<
Mike