In defense of sentimentality /
This defence of the emotions and sentimentality against the background of what is perceived as a long history of abuse in social thought and literary criticism argues that our emotions are the essence of a well-lived life. They can be virtues, features of the human condition without which civilized...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2004.
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| Series: | Solomon, Robert C. Passionate life.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | This defence of the emotions and sentimentality against the background of what is perceived as a long history of abuse in social thought and literary criticism argues that our emotions are the essence of a well-lived life. They can be virtues, features of the human condition without which civilized life would be unimaginable. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiv, 297 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-287) and index. |
| ISBN: | 1423761456 9781423761457 019514550X 9780195145502 9780199834969 0199834962 |