A small treatise on the great virtues : the uses of philosophy in everyday life /
In this graceful, incisive book, the writer-philosopher Andre Comte-Sponville reexamines the classical human virtues to help us understand "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...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Metropolitan Books,
2001.
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| Edition: | 1st American ed. |
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| Online Access: | Contributor biographical information Publisher description |
| Summary: | In this graceful, incisive book, the writer-philosopher Andre Comte-Sponville reexamines the classical human virtues to help us understand "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. |
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| Physical Description: | x, 352 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-339) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0805045554 (hc) 9780805045550 (hc) |