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Virtues and Passions in Literature: Excellence, Courage, Engagements, Wisdom, Fulfilment (Analecta Husserliana)

By Anna-Teresa Tymieniecka

Book information

Year
2007
ISBN
1402064217, 9781402064210, 9781402064227
LCC
B3279.H94 A129 vol. 96
Open Library ID
OL18846186M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1549479 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
322\329
Topic
Literature Literary
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

Paradoxically, our human virtues that maintain our societal fabric, emerge from passional grounds/sources in individual existence. It is the Human Condition that prompts our creative strivings beyond the natural round of life toward outstanding achievements. Our full possibilities allow our singular existence: excellence of individual character, courage, engagement, and wisdom to unfold. The transformations that the virtues work with a timing of human progress, never entirely accomplished, lift us toward personal fulfillment.

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