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Himmelfarb Gertrude |
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Titolo |
The moral imagination : from Adam Smith to Lionel Trilling / / Gertrude Himmelfarb |
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Lanham, MD, : Rowman & Littlefield, c2012 |
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ISBN |
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1-283-63938-6 |
1-4422-1830-4 |
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Edizione |
[2nd ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (331 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Philosophy, Modern |
Political science - Philosophy |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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THE Moral Imagination; Contents; Introduction; Adam Smith: Political Economist cum Moral Philosopher; Edmund Burke: Apologist for Judaism?; George Eliot: The Wisdom of Dorothea; Jane Austen: The Education of Emma; Charles Dickens: "A Low Writer"; Benjamin Disraeli: The Tory Imagination; John Stuart Mill: The Other Mill; Walter Bagehot: "A Divided Nature"; Lord Acton: The Historian as Moralist; Alfred Marshall: "The Economics of Chivalry"; John Buchan: An Untimely Appreciation; The Knoxes: A God-Haunted Family; Michael Oakeshott: The Conservative Disposition |
Winston Churchill: "Quite Simply, a Great Man"Lionel Trilling: The Moral Imagination; Notes; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The Moral Imagination describes how some of the most provocative thinkers of modern times, coming from different traditions, responding to different concerns, and writing in different genres, shared a moral passion that permeated their work. The second edition includes a revised introduction and three new essays on Adam Smith, Lord Acton, and Alfred Marshall. |
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