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A Small Treatise on the Great Virtues: The Uses of Philosophy in Everyday Life
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Paperback
Reprint edition from Picador USA (September 1, 2002)
9780805045567 | details & prices | 368 pages | 5.50 × 8.25 × 1.00 in. | 0.75 lbs | List price $20.00
About: An incisive reassessment of eighteen classic human virtues--including mercy, justice, fidelity, courage, compassion, humility, and simplicity--draws on the timeless wisdom of philosophers ranging from Aristotle to Simone Weil to explain how such virtues can be applied in modern life.
About: An incisive reassessment of eighteen classic human virtues--including mercy, justice, fidelity, courage, compassion, humility, and simplicity--draws on the timeless wisdom of philosophers ranging from Aristotle to Simone Weil to explain how such virtues can be applied in modern life.