The human condition
John Kekes offers a response to the growing disenchantment in the Western world with contemporary life. He defends a realistic view of the human condition that rejects both facile optimism & gloomy pessimism. While acknowledging that the scheme of things is indifferent to our fortunes, he shows...
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Format: | eBook |
Language: | English |
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Oxford
Oxford University Press
2010, 2010
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Collection: | Oxford University Press - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Summary: | John Kekes offers a response to the growing disenchantment in the Western world with contemporary life. He defends a realistic view of the human condition that rejects both facile optimism & gloomy pessimism. While acknowledging that the scheme of things is indifferent to our fortunes, he shows that we do have the resources to improve our lives |
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Physical Description: | ix, 272 p. |
ISBN: | 9780191595448 0191595446 |