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A Small Treatise on the Great Virtues

Andre Comte-Sponville author Catherine Temerson translator

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Henry Holt & Company Inc

Published:1st Sep '02

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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. Reprint. 12,500

ISBN: 9780805045567

Dimensions: 210mm x 140mm x 25mm

Weight: 340g

368 pages