Good Life

Name: Good Life
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ISBN: 9780872204386

ISBN-10: 0872204383

ISBN-13: 9780872204386

Edition: 1999

Authors: Charles Guignon

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Organised around such themes as harmony with one's self and with the world, religious ways of life, the use of reason, self-exploration, self-realisation, and social involvement, the selections in this anthology, edited and introduced by Charles Guignon, explore traditional and recent philosophical thought on the topic of human flourishing. This is a versatile series of compact anthologies, each devoted to a topic of traditional interest. Selections include classical, modern, and contemporary writings, chosen for thier elegance of exposition and their consistent ability to stimulate thought and discussion.

Book details

List price: $17.00
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: Hackett Publishing Company, Incorporated
Publication date: 3/15/1999
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 352
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.75" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English

Introduction
Classical Sources: The Ideal of Harmony	p. 1
Tao Te Ching	p. 1
Republic	p. 10
Nicomachean Ethics	p. 22
On the Order of Things	p. 42
Encheiridion, or The Handbook	p. 53
Religious Ways of Life	p. 73
"The Foundation of the Kingdom of Righteousness"	p. 73
Confessions	p. 79
"The Freedom of a Christian"	p. 92
"The Russian Monk," from The Brothers Karamazov	p. 103
"The Religion of Healthy-Mindedness," from The Varieties of Religious Experience	p. 132
The Use of Reason	p. 143
The Passions of the Soul	p. 143
The Ethics	p. 159
The Conquest of Happines	p. 173
Self-Exploration	p. 183
"Of Experience," from the Essays	p. 183
Pensees	p. 199
Emile	p. 204
"Self-Reliance"	p. 211
Self-Realization	p. 227
The Gay Science	p. 227
Being and Nothingness	p. 241
The Ethics of Ambiguity	p. 261
Social Involvement	p. 271
"Alienated Labor," from the Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts of 1844	p. 271
"Of Our Spiritual Strivings," from The Souls of Black Folk: Essays and Sketches	p. 281
"The Way of Man, According to the Teachings of Hasidism," from Hasidism and Modern Man	p. 288
"The Virtues, the Unity of a Human Life and the Concept of a Tradition," from After Virtue	p. 294
Caring: A Feminine Approach to Ethics and Moral Education	p. 316
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