A Small Treatise on the Great Virtues
The Uses of Philosophy in Everyday Life
1st American Ed edition
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Word Count
88,000 words, Guess
Page Count
352 pages
Physical Format
Hardcover
Identifiers
- Internet Archivesmalltreatiseong00andr
- Internet Archivesmalltreatiseong0000comt
- ISBN-100805045554
- ISBN-139780805045550
- Goodreads1726476
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- Library of Congress Control Number2001030299
- OCLC Control Number46314877
- Better World Books9780805045550
- Open LibraryOL7932157M
Classifications
- LCCBJ1521 .C6613 2001
- LCCBJ1521.C6613 2001
Description
This book is an utterly original exploration of the timeless human virtues and how they apply to the way we live now, from a dynamic French thinker who has revolutionized the way ordinary people think about philosophy. In this graceful, incisive book, the writer-philosopher André 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. - Jacket flap.
Description
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.
First Sentence
Politeness is the first virtue, and the origin perhaps of all the others.
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