Coping with freedom : reflections on ephemeral happiness /

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40 million American women of marriageable age are single. This approachable essay addresses many of their concerns in a profound and delightful way. Inspired by the author's own experiences as well as by 18th century philosophers, and literary and historical references, it offers insights and t...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Thomas, Chantal
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Francés
Published: New York : Algora Pub., 2001.
Subjects:
Conduct of life.
Liberty.
Freedom
Morale pratique.
Liberté.
freedom.
PHILOSOPHY > Free Will & Determinism.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Going On Strike
  • Don't answer
  • "Just one more moment, Mister Executioner!"
  • The education of Chateaubriand
  • Just Passing Through
  • Pure desolation: the single woman, according to Michelet
  • In a maid's room
  • Staying out late
  • Turn on the light, and close the curtains
  • No children
  • Ways of Traveling
  • Walking--and walking away
  • Writing and traveling: Flaubert in the Orient
  • Seeing, touching: Rimbaud's escape
  • Intrepid voyager: Isabelle Eberhardt
  • The nothingness of tourism
  • Neither traveler, nor tourist: the adventurer
  • A Question Of Style.

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