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A Short Treatise On Great Virtues
[Paperback - 2003]
andre comte-sponville
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Category: Philosophy
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Publisher: Vintage Uk | ISBN: 9780099437987 | Pages: 368
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"Much of the history of philosophy is the history of ethics. From Plato to Satre, the great philosophers have returned to the central ethical questions of how we are to live good lives; how is it appropiate and virtuous for us to behave, both to ourselves and to other? n addressing these questions, Andre Comte Sponville returns to the mainstream of much of the Western philosophical traditon with an utterly original exploration of the timeless human virtues. Short Treatise on the Great Virtues takes as its starting point 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. Comte Sponville offers the reader both a thoughtful and accessible introduction to the history of Western ethics and an exploration of the ways in which the views and claims of the great philosophers can apply and fail to apply to our lives and our moral choices and decisions today."

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André Comte-Sponville, philosophe matérialiste, rationaliste et humaniste, est né à Paris, en 1952. Ancien élève de l'Ecole Normale Supérieure de la rue d'Ulm, agrégé de philosophie, docteur de troisième cycle, il est aussi Docteur Honoris Causa de l'Université de Mons-Hainaut, en Belgique.André Comte-Sponville fut maître de conférences à la Sorbonne1 (Université Paris I) jusqu'en 1998, date depuis laquelle il se consacre exclusivement à l'écriture et aux conférences qu'il donne en dehors de l'Université.André Comte-Sponville est membre du Comité Consultatif National d'Ethique depuis mars 2008.André Comte-Sponville a souvent été invité sur les plateaux télévisés, notamment chez Michel Polac, Bernard Pivot, Guillaume Durand, Frédéric Ferney, Christine Ockrent, Patrick Poivre d'Arvor et Serge Moati.

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