Reverence

Released on by Paul Woodruff
preview-18

  • Reverence Book Detail

  • Author : Paul Woodruff
  • Release Date : 2014
  • Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
  • Genre : Philosophy
  • Pages : 325
  • ISBN 13 : 0199350809
  • File Size : 80,80 MB
DOWNLOAD BOOK

Reverence by Paul Woodruff PDF Summary

Book Description: Reverence is an ancient virtue that survives among us in half-forgotten patterns of civility and moments of inarticulate awe. Reverence gives meaning to much that we do, yet the word has almost passed out of our vocabulary. Reverence, says philosopher and classicist Paul Woodruff, begins in an understanding of human limitations. From this grows the capacity to be in awe of whatever we believe lies outside our control -- God, truth, justice, nature, even death. It is a quality of character that is especially important in leadership and in teaching, although it figures in virtually every human relationship. It transcends religious boundaries and can be found outside religion altogether. Woodruff draws on thinking about this lost virtue in ancient Greek and Chinese traditions and applies lessons from these highly reverent cultures to today's world. The book covers reverence in a variety of contexts -- the arts, leadership, teaching, warfare, and the home -- and shows how essential a quality it is to a well-functioning society. First published by Oxford University Press in 2001, this new edition of Reverence is revised and expanded. It contains a foreword by Betty Sue Flowers, Distinguished Teaching Professor Emeritus at the University of Texas at Austin, a new preface, two new chapters -- one on the sacred and one on compassion -- and an epilogue focused on renewing reverence in our own lives.

Disclaimer: www.yourbookbest.com does not own Reverence books pdf, neither created or scanned. We just provide the link that is already available on the internet, public domain and in Google Drive. If any way it violates the law or has any issues, then kindly mail us via contact us page to request the removal of the link.

Reverence

Reverence

File Size : 11,11 MB
Total View : 4337 Views
DOWNLOAD

Reverence is an ancient virtue that survives among us in half-forgotten patterns of civility and moments of inarticulate awe. Reverence gives meaning to much th

The Ajax Dilemma

The Ajax Dilemma

File Size : 13,13 MB
Total View : 8540 Views
DOWNLOAD

We live in a world where CEOs give themselves million dollar bonuses even as their companies go bankrupt and ordinary workers are laid off; where athletes make

First Democracy

First Democracy

File Size : 71,71 MB
Total View : 4441 Views
DOWNLOAD

This brilliant analysis of the nature of democracy draws on the hard-earned lessons of the ancient Greeks.

The Ethics of Giving

The Ethics of Giving

File Size : 93,93 MB
Total View : 1273 Views
DOWNLOAD

In giving to charity, should we strive to do the greatest good or promote a lesser good? This is a unique collection of new papers on philanthropy from a range

The Garden of Leaders

The Garden of Leaders

File Size : 5,5 MB
Total View : 339 Views
DOWNLOAD

The Garden of Leaders explores two related questions: What is leadership? And what sort of education could prepare young people to be leaders? Paul Woodruff arg