A Small Treatise on the Great Virtues - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook A Small Treatise on the Great Virtues write by André Comte-Sponville. This book was released on 2002-09. A Small Treatise on the Great Virtues available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Drawing on thinkers from Aristotle to Simone Weil, by way of Aquinas, Kant, Rilke, Nietzsche, Spinoza, and Rawls, among others, Comte-Sponville elaborates on the qualities that constitute the essence and excellence of humankind.
A Small Treatise on the Great Virtues
A Small Treatise on the Great Virtues - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook A Small Treatise on the Great Virtues write by André Comte-Sponville. This book was released on 2002-09-01. A Small Treatise on the Great Virtues available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. An utterly original exploration of the timeless human virtues and how they apply to the way we live now, from a bold and dynamic French writer. In this graceful, incisive book, writer-philosopher André Comte-Sponville reexamines the classic human virtues to help us under-stand "what we should do, who we should be, and how we should live." In the process, he gives us an entirely new perspective on the value, the relevance, and even the charm of the Western ethical tradition. Drawing on thinkers from Aristotle to Simone Weil, by way of Aquinas, Kant, Rilke, Nietzsche, Spinoza, and Rawls, among others, Comte-Sponville elaborates on the qualities that constitute the essence and excellence of humankind. Starting with politeness -- almost a virtue -- and ing with love -- which transcs all morality -- A Small Treatise on the Great Virtues takes us on a tour of the eighteen essential virtues: fidelity, prudence, temperance, courage, justice, generosity, compassion, mercy, gratitude, humility, simplicity, tolerance, purity, gentleness, good faith, and even, surprisingly, humor.Sophisticated and lucid, full of wit and vivacity, this modestly titled yet immensely important work provides an indispensable guide to finding what is right and good in everyday life.
The Little Book of Atheist Spirituality
The Little Book of Atheist Spirituality - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Little Book of Atheist Spirituality write by André Comte-Sponville. This book was released on 2007. The Little Book of Atheist Spirituality available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Poses an argument for living a spiritual life that is not dependent on religion, explaining that an acceptance of philosophical spiritual traditions and values does not require practitioners to embrace the existence of a higher order.
On Reading Well
On Reading Well - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook On Reading Well write by Karen Swallow Prior. This book was released on 2018-09-04. On Reading Well available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. ★ Publishers Weekly starred review A Best Book of 2018 in Religion, Publishers Weekly Reading great literature well has the power to cultivate virtue, says acclaimed author Karen Swallow Prior. In this book, she takes readers on a guided tour through works of great literature both ancient and modern, exploring twelve virtues that philosophers and theologians throughout history have identified as most essential for good character and the good life. Covering authors from Henry Fielding to Cormac McCarthy, Jane Austen to George Saunders, and Flannery O'Connor to F. Scott Fitzgerald, Prior explores some of the most compelling universal themes found in the pages of classic books, helping readers learn to love life, literature, and God through their encounters with great writing. The book includes end-of-chapter reflection questions geared toward book club discussions, original artwork throughout, and a foreword by Leland Ryken. The hardcover edition was named a Best Book of 2018 in Religion by Publishers Weekly. "[A] lively treatise on building character through books.'"--Publishers Weekly (starred review)
The Little Book Of Philosophy
The Little Book Of Philosophy - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Little Book Of Philosophy write by Andre Comte-Sponville. This book was released on 2011-11-30. The Little Book Of Philosophy available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In this remarkable little book, Andre Comte-Sponville introduces the reader to the western philosophical tradition in a series of sparkling chapters on the 'big questions'. In doing so he reveals the essential bones of philosophical thought and shows why philosophy is relevant in our day-to-day lives. In his brilliant and concise writing on morality, politics, love, death, knowledge, freedom, God, atheism, art, time, Man, and wisdom, he inspires the central question of philosophy - how should we live? - and provides the reader with signposts towards a happier, wiser life.
