First principles : a return to humanity's shared traditions /

Foy explores the differences between the foundations of modernism and traditionalism, how those differences work, and what they mean for our values and relationships: expectations within the family, how we view science, and the qualities we hold as virtues. He shows that an "updated traditional...

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Autore principale: Foy, Don, 1945-
Natura: Licensed eBooks
Lingua:inglese
Pubblicazione: New York : Algora Pub., ©2004.
Accesso online:https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=103596
Sommario:
  • Where Is the Conflict?
  • Rousseau, Two Lewises, and Mount Olympus
  • Inversions, Gangs, and Gulliver
  • "Hobbs Was Right"
  • Pinker's Unlovely List
  • The Selling of Personal Growth Divorce
  • Why Marriage Doesn't Translate
  • The Invisible Hand as Pickpocket
  • The New Aristocrats
  • Puzzled by Postmodernism
  • What Are the First Principles?
  • The First-Principled Society.