From Plato to Satre, the great philosophers have returned to the central ethical questions of how we are to live good lives? This work explains eighteen human virtues ranging from politeness, prudence and humour to compassion, tolerance and love to help us understand what we should do, who we should be, and how we should live.
From Plato to Satre, the great philosophers have returned to the central ethical questions of how we are to live good lives? This work explains eighte...
The author's thought-provoking follow-up to 'A Short Treatise on the Great Virtues' is even shorter and if anything even more ambitious: an introduction to the central concepts of philosophy, from morality to death, from liberty to wisdom.
The author's thought-provoking follow-up to 'A Short Treatise on the Great Virtues' is even shorter and if anything even more ambitious: an introducti...
Can we do without religion? Can we have ethics without God? Is there such a thing as atheist spirituality? In this book, Andre Comte-Sponville answers questions like these through a philosophical exploration of atheism and he comes to some startling conclusions."
Can we do without religion? Can we have ethics without God? Is there such a thing as atheist spirituality? In this book, Andre Comte-Sponville answers...