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- catalog abstract ""Imperfect Garden is both an approachable intellectual history and a bracing treatise on how we should understand and experience our lives. In it, one of Europe's most prominent intellectuals explores the foundations, limits, and possibilities of humanist thinking. Through his critical but sympathetic excavation of humanism, Tzvetan Todorov seeks an answer to modernity's fundamental challenge: how to maintain our hard-won liberty without paying too dearly in social ties, common values, and a coherent and responsible sense of self." "Placing the history of ideas at the service of a quest for moral and political wisdom, Todorov's compelling and no doubt controversial rethinking of humanist ideas testifies to the enduring capacity of those ideas to meditate on - and, if we are fortunate, cultivate - the imperfect garden in which we live."--Jacket.".
- catalog alternative "Jardin imparfait. English".
- catalog contributor b12476809.
- catalog created "c2002.".
- catalog date "2002".
- catalog date "c2002.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2002.".
- catalog description ""Imperfect Garden is both an approachable intellectual history and a bracing treatise on how we should understand and experience our lives. In it, one of Europe's most prominent intellectuals explores the foundations, limits, and possibilities of humanist thinking. Through his critical but sympathetic excavation of humanism, Tzvetan Todorov seeks an answer to modernity's fundamental challenge: how to maintain our hard-won liberty without paying too dearly in social ties, common values, and a coherent and responsible sense of self." "Placing the history of ideas at the service of a quest for moral and political wisdom, Todorov's compelling and no doubt controversial rethinking of humanist ideas testifies to the enduring capacity of those ideas to meditate on - and, if we are fortunate, cultivate - the imperfect garden in which we live."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-246) and index.".
- catalog description "The interplay of four families -- The declaration of autonomy -- Interdependence -- Living alone -- The ways of love -- The individual: plurality and universality -- The choice of values -- A morality made for humanity -- The need for enthusiasm.".
- catalog extent "viii, 254 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0691010471".
- catalog issued "2002".
- catalog issued "c2002.".
- catalog language "eng fre".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press,".
- catalog spatial "France".
- catalog subject "144/.0944 21".
- catalog subject "B778 .T5613 2002".
- catalog subject "Humanism France History.".
- catalog subject "Individualism France History.".
- catalog subject "Philosophy, French.".
- catalog subject "Social values France History.".
- catalog tableOfContents "The interplay of four families -- The declaration of autonomy -- Interdependence -- Living alone -- The ways of love -- The individual: plurality and universality -- The choice of values -- A morality made for humanity -- The need for enthusiasm.".
- catalog title "Imperfect garden : the legacy of humanism / by Tzvetan Todorov ; translated by Carol Cosman.".
- catalog title "Jardin imparfait. English".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".