The Minor Virtues

Author : Lynn Levin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781933974354
Total Pages : 90 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Minor Virtues written by Lynn Levin and published by . This book was released on 2020-03-16 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Minor Virtues, Lynn Levin's fifth collection of poems, begins with celebrations of small everyday practices--among them, fixing broken things and buying produce from the marked-down cart--which, when fancifully contemplated, branch into deeper appreciations of life. Levin's outlook is eclectic and occasionally very funny. Her moments are not without griefs and worries, yet, in these lyrics and narratives, she addresses them with good humor, respect, and abiding affection. As Willard Spiegelman observers, Lynn Levin's "many virtues, variously presented and contained here, are more than minor. Maturity, wisdom, and wit are among them."

Author : William J. Bennett
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1439126259
Total Pages : 1917 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Book of Virtues written by William J. Bennett and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2010-05-11 with total page 1917 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Responsibility. Courage. Compassion. Honesty. Friendship. Persistence. Faith. Everyone recognizes these traits as essentials of good character. In order for our children to develop such traits, we have to offer them examples of good and bad, right and wrong. And the best places to find them are in great works of literature and exemplary stories from history. William J. Bennett has collected hundreds of stories in The Book of Virtues, an instructive and inspiring anthology that will help children understand and develop character -- and help adults teach them. From the Bible to American history, from Greek mythology to English poetry, from fairy tales to modern fiction, these stories are a rich mine of moral literacy, a reliable moral reference point that will help anchor our children and ourselves in our culture, our history, and our traditions -- the sources of the ideals by which we wish to live our lives. Complete with instructive introductions and notes, The Book of Virtues is a book the whole family can read and enjoy -- and learn from -- together.

Author : Jimmy Carter
Publisher : Ballantine Books
ISBN 13 : 0307764664
Total Pages : 162 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Virtues of Aging written by Jimmy Carter and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2011-08-24 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Former president Jimmy Carter reflects on aging, blending memoir, anecdote, political savvy, and practical advice to truly illuminate the rich promises of growing older. “As we've grown older, the results have been surprisingly good,” writes former president Jimmy Carter in this wise, deeply personal meditation on the new experiences that come to us with age. President Carter had never enjoyed more prestige or influence on the world stage, nor had he ever felt more profound happiness with himself, with his accomplishments, and with his beloved wife, Rosalynn, than in his golden years. In The Virtues of Aging, Jimmy Carter shares the knowledge and the pleasures that age have brought him. The approach to old age was not an easy one for President Carter. At fifty-six, having lost a presidential election, he found himself involuntarily retired from a job he loved and facing a large debt on his farm and warehouse business. President Carter writes movingly here of how he and Rosalynn overcame their despair and disappointment as together they met the challenges ahead. President Carter delves into issues he and millions of others confront in planning for retirement, undertaking new diet and exercise regimens, coping with age prejudice, and sorting out key political questions. On a more intimate level, Carter paints a glowing portrait of his happy marriage to Rosalynn, a relationship that deepened when they became grandparents. Here too are fascinating sketches of world leaders, Nobel laureates, and great thinkers President Carter has been privileged to know—and the valuable lessons on aging he learned from them. The Virtues of Aging celebrates both the blessings that come to us as we grow older and the blessings older people can bestow upon others. An important and moving book, written with gentleness, humor, and love, The Virtues of Aging is a treasure for readers of all ages.

Author : Laura Blanco
Publisher : Bonneville
ISBN 13 : 9781599558615
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Virtues & Values written by Laura Blanco and published by Bonneville. This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A colorful and engaging new activity book for parents and teachers to help their child learn timeless values including respect, faith, responsibility, joy and many more! With 52 scriptures from the Bible, stories, crafts, and a CD so you can print off activities, your child can focus on a particular virtue each week and enjoy learning all year long!

Author : Charles Hanford Henderson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 456 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Children of Good Fortune written by Charles Hanford Henderson and published by . This book was released on 1905 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Julia Driver
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1139430025
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Uneasy Virtue written by Julia Driver and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2001-04-23 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The predominant view of moral virtue can be traced back to Aristotle. He believed that moral virtue must involve intellectual excellence. To have moral virtue one must have practical wisdom - the ability to deliberate well and to see what is morally relevant in a given context. Julia Driver challenges this classical theory of virtue, arguing that it fails to take into account virtues which do seem to involve ignorance or epistemic defect. Some 'virtues of ignorance' are counterexamples to accounts of virtue which hold that moral virtue must involve practical wisdom. Modesty, for example, is generally considered to be a virtue even though the modest person may be making an inaccurate assessment of his or her accomplishments. Driver argues that we should abandon the highly intellectualist view of virtue and instead adopt a consequentialist perspective which holds that virtue is simply a character trait which systematically produces good consequences.

Author : Henry Donald Maurice Spence-Jones
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 548 pages
Book Rating : 4.3E/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Virtues, including excellences (second, third, fourth, & fifth parts) The Mosaic economy written by Henry Donald Maurice Spence-Jones and published by . This book was released on 1889 with total page 548 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Minot Judson Savage
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Man, Woman and Child written by Minot Judson Savage and published by . This book was released on 1884 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Sonya Charles
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1498550061
Total Pages : 147 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Parents and Virtues written by Sonya Charles and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2019-03-11 with total page 147 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although individual parents face different issues, Sonya Charles believes most parents want their children to be good people who are happy in their adult lives. Parents and Virtues: An Analysis of Moral Development and Parental Virtue starts from the question of how parents can raise their child to be a moral and flourishing person. At first glance, readers might think this question is better left to psychologists rather than philosophers. The author proposes that Aristotle’s ethical theory (known as virtue theory) has much to say on this issue. Aristotle asks how we become moral people and how that relates to leading a good life. In other words, his motivating questions are very similar to the goals parents have for their children. The first part of this book details what the basic components of Aristotle’s theory can tell us about the project of parenting. In the second part, the focus shifts to consider some issues that present potential moral dilemmas for parents and discuss whether there are specific virtues we may want to use to guide parental actions. Parents and Virtues will be of particular value to scholars and students who work on the ethics of parenthood, virtue theory, and bioethics.

Author : Harriette Campbell
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 512 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Cardinal Virtues, Or, Morals and Manners Connected written by Harriette Campbell and published by . This book was released on 1841 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: