Cities of WordsHarvard University Press, 2004 M05 24 - 480 pages Since Socrates and his circle first tried to frame the Just City in words, discussion of a perfect communal life--a life of justice, reflection, and mutual respect--has had to come to terms with the distance between that idea and reality. Measuring this distance step by practical step is the philosophical project that Stanley Cavell has pursued on his exploratory path. Situated at the intersection of two of his longstanding interests--Emersonian philosophy and the Hollywood comedy of remarriage--Cavell's new work marks a significant advance in this project. The book--which presents a course of lectures Cavell presented several times toward the end of his teaching career at Harvard--links masterpieces of moral philosophy and classic Hollywood comedies to fashion a new way of looking at our lives and learning to live with ourselves. |
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... beginning of the film's narrative when the lawyers from New York visit Mandrake Falls and have that species of Zen exchange with a local beginning " Do you know Longfellow Deeds ? " to which the man answers " Yes " and is evidently ...
... beginning of The Republic , in which someone ( a slave it happens ) stops Socrates from leaving to walk back to Athens from the port of Piraeus by catching hold of his cloak and express- ing the wish of an acquaintance for him to stay ...
... beginning manifestation on her part of perfectionism , since she is asking herself in what world she belongs . What is wrong with her idea ? We already know , however things will work out , that her consecration to culture , as ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
John Stuart Mill 82 6 Gaslight | 102 |
Themes of Moral Perfectionism in Platos Republic | 445 |
Copyright | |
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Cities of Words: Pedagogical Letters on a Register of the Moral Life Stanley Cavell Limited preview - 2005 |
Cities of Words: Pedagogical Letters on a Register of the Moral Life Stanley Cavell Limited preview - 2005 |