Imperfect Garden : The Legacy of Humanism /

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Available in English for the first time, Imperfect Garden is both an approachable intellectual history and a bracing treatise on how we should understand and experience our lives. In it, one of France's most prominent intellectuals explores the foundations, limits, and possibilities of humanist...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Todorov, Tzvetan, 1939-2017
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Francés
Published: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 2002.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Social values.
Philosophy, French.
Individualism.
Humanism.
PHILOSOPHY > Movements > Humanism.
Philosophie française.
Valeurs sociales > France > Histoire.
Humanisme > France > Histoire.
Social values > France > History.
Individualism > France > History.
Humanism > France > History.
France.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Contents; Prologue: The Hidden Pact; Chapter 1: The Interplay of Four Families; Chapter 2: The Declaration of Autonomy; Chapter 3: Interdependence; Chapter 4: Living Alone; Chapter 5: The Ways of Love; Chapter 6: The Individual: Plurality and Universality; Chapter 7: The Choice of Values; Chapter 8: A Morality Made for Humanity; Chapter 9: The Need for Enthusiasm; Epilogue: The Humanist Wager; Bibliography; Index.

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