Nobility of spirit : a forgotten ideal /
In the pages of this slim, powerful book Rob Riemen argues with passion that "nobility of spirit" is the quintessence of a civilized world. It is, as Thomas Mann believed, the sole corrective for human history. Without nobility of spirit, culture vanishes.
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Format: | Licensed eBooks |
Language: | English Dutch |
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New Haven :
Yale University Press
©2008.
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Online Access: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctt1npspq |
Table of Contents:
- Table of Contents
- Foreword by George Steiner
- Prelude: Dinner at the River Café
- The Quest of Thomas Mann
- Untimely Conversations on Timely Questions
- Be Brave
- Selected Bibliography
- Author�s Note