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Contentment in Contention: Acceptance Versus Aspiration

Contentment in Contention: Acceptance Versus Aspiration

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PhilosophyGeneral World History

ISBN10: 0230354599
ISBN13: 9780230354593
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published: Dec 2 2011
Pages: 208
Weight: 1.00
Height: 0.80 Width: 5.60 Depth: 8.60
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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