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Contentment in Contention: Acceptance Versus Aspiration

Contentment in Contention: Acceptance Versus Aspiration

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PhilosophyGeneral World History

ISBN10: 1349346551
ISBN13: 9781349346554
Publisher: Palgrave
Published: Jan 1 2012
Pages: 208
Weight: 0.67
Height: 0.47 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Southgate draws on ideas within history, philosophy, literature, psychology, and theology to explore two traditions: contentment with our situation as it is, and the aspiration to transcend it. He discusses the possibility of escape from intellectual constraints, and advocates a positive 'duty of discontent', and its implications.

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