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1 online resource |
| Series |
The humanities and human flourishing |
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Humanities and human flourishing.
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| Contents |
Cover -- Series -- History and Human Flourishing -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Series Editor's Foreword -- List of Contributors -- Introduction -- 1. History, the Humanities, and the Human -- 2. In Defense of Presentism -- 3. The Power of a Well-Told History -- 4. Well-Being and a Usable Past: The Role of Historical Diagnosis -- 5. Living the Good Life, Even Without Trying: The Strange Case of Consistent Luckiness in Aristotle -- 6. The Historical Sublime -- 7. Flourishing with Herodotus -- 8. On the Consolations of History -- 9. "Beauty Is Universal": Virtue, Aesthetics, Emotion, and Race in James Logan's Atlantic Moral Sense Philosophy -- 10. Toward a History of Black Happiness: Or, What Can African American History Tell Us about the Cultivation of Well-Being? -- Index |
| Summary |
"What is the value of history for life? And how, if at all, might historians and their work contribute to human flourishing and well-being? Those are the straightforward, if capacious, questions that the distinguished contributors to this volume were asked to consider. The essays gathered here represent their responses. Each essay considers the value of history for life and its connections to human flourishing from a different standpoint and perspective. The answers are often deeply personal, but collectively they concur in affirming history and the historical craft as tremendous resources for human well-being and of vital importance for our times"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on December 27, 2022) |
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History -- Philosophy.
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Success.
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Conduct of life.
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Well-being.
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ethics (philosophical concept)
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comfort (sensation)
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Conduct of life
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History -- Philosophy
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Success
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Well-being
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History.
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History.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
McMahon, Darrin M., editor, author.
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| LC no. |
2022026853 |
| ISBN |
9780197625293 |
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0197625290 |
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9780197625286 |
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0197625282 |
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9780197625309 |
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0197625304 |
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