Character Matters

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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 0743266994
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (432 download)

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Book Synopsis Character Matters by : Thomas Lickona

Download or read book Character Matters written by Thomas Lickona and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2004-03-10 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Award-winning psychologist and educator Thomas Lickona offers more than one hundred practical strategies that parents and schools have used to help kids build strong personal character as the foundation for a purposeful, productive, and fulfilling life. Succeeding in life takes character, and Lickona shows how irresponsible and destructive behavior can invariably be traced to the absence of good character and its ten essential qualities: wisdom, justice, fortitude, self-control, love, a positive attitude, hard work, integrity, gratitude, and humility. The culmination of a lifetime’s work in character education from one the preeminent psychologists of our time, this landmark book gives us the tools we need to raise respectful and responsible children, create safe and effective schools, and build the caring and decent society in which we all want to live.

The Cardinal Virtues

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Publisher : PIMS
ISBN 13 : 9780888442895
Total Pages : 270 pages
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Book Synopsis The Cardinal Virtues by : Saint Thomas (Aquinas)

Download or read book The Cardinal Virtues written by Saint Thomas (Aquinas) and published by PIMS. This book was released on 2004 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "These translations from the Latin works of Thomas Aquinas, Albert the Great, and Philip the Chancellor concentrate on the four cardinal virtues - prudence, justice, courage, and temperance - first identified by Plato as essential requirements for living a happy and morally good life." "An historical introduction traces the development of the doctrine of four cardinal virtues from Greek philosophy through the thirteenth century. The treatment isolates three stages in this development: (1) Greek and Roman Philosophi: Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, early Stoics, Cicero, and Seneca; (2) early Christian Sancti: Ambrose, Jerome, Augustine, and Gregory; and (3) medieval schoolmen (Magistri): Master Peter Lombard, Philip the Chancellor, Albert, and Aquinas."--BOOK JACKET

On the Virtues

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Publisher : CUA Press
ISBN 13 : 0813210305
Total Pages : 434 pages
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Book Synopsis On the Virtues by : Jean Capreolus

Download or read book On the Virtues written by Jean Capreolus and published by CUA Press. This book was released on 2001-10 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The selection from Capreolus's work represented in this translation shows him defending Aquinas's conclusions on faith, hope, charity, the gifts of the Holy Spirit, and the virtues against such adversaries.

Aristotle's Virtues

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Publisher : Peter Lang
ISBN 13 : 9780820457185
Total Pages : 228 pages
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Book Synopsis Aristotle's Virtues by : Jonathan A. Jacobs

Download or read book Aristotle's Virtues written by Jonathan A. Jacobs and published by Peter Lang. This book was released on 2004 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Aristotle's Virtues focuses on Aristotle's philosophical method and his conceptions of form and substance as a way to explicate the main elements of his ethical and political theorizing. This book shows how those highly general features of Aristotle's thought have an important bearing on his conception of the best kind of life for a human being and the kind of political community needed to enable and encourage that kind of life. While explicating fundamental aspects of Aristotle's philosophy of nature, metaphysics, and theory of knowledge, the discussion of them leads to a culminating account of the virtues of both individual and political life.

The Family Virtues Guide

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Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0452278104
Total Pages : 337 pages
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Book Synopsis The Family Virtues Guide by : Linda Kavelin Popov

Download or read book The Family Virtues Guide written by Linda Kavelin Popov and published by Penguin. This book was released on 1997-06-01 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bring compassion, generosity, and kindness into your home with this essential interfaith parenting guide to raising kids in a virtuous and spiritual household, with week-by-week strategies for living your best lives. The most important job parents have is to pass basic virtues on to their children, and this invaluable book is designed to help make that job a little easier. Compiled by The Virtues Project, an international organization dedicated to inspiring spiritual growth in young and old alike, this multicultural, interfaith handbook shows parents and teachers how to turn words into actions and ideals into realities. Drawn from the world’s religions, the 52 virtues included here—one for each week of the year—nurture togetherness in family life. The simple strategies, which explain what a virtue is, how to practice it, and signs of success, will engage children of all ages in an exciting process of growth and discovery. This important book shows you how to: • Learn the language of integrity and self-esteem • Understand the five roles parents play • Discover ways to introduce sacred time into family life • Help children make moral choices The Family Virtues Guide gives adults and children the tools for spiritual and moral growth. Join the thousands of families discovering simple practices for bringing out the best in each other by sharing The Family Virtues Guide.

Virtues of Thought

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Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 0674416449
Total Pages : 319 pages
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Book Synopsis Virtues of Thought by : Aryeh Kosman

Download or read book Virtues of Thought written by Aryeh Kosman and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2014-03-10 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Virtues of Thought is an excursion through interconnecting philosophical topics in Plato and Aristotle, under the expert guidance of Aryeh Kosman. Exploring what these two foundational figures have to say about the nature of human awareness and understanding, Kosman concludes that ultimately the virtues of thought are to be found in the joys and satisfactions that come from thinking philosophically, whether we engage in it ourselves or witness others’ participation. Kosman examines Aristotle’s complex understanding of the role that reason plays in practical choice and moral deliberation, and the specific forms of thinking that are involved in explaining the world and making it intelligible to ourselves and others. Critical issues of consciousness and the connection between thinking and acting in Aristotle’s philosophical psychology lead to a discussion of the importance of emotion in his theory of virtue. Theories of perception and cognition are highlighted in works such as Aristotle’s Posterior Analytics. When his focus turns to Plato, Kosman gives original accounts of several dialogues concerning Plato’s treatment of love, self-knowledge, justice, and the complex virtue known as sophrosyne in such texts as Charmides and the Republic. Bringing together in a single volume previously unpublished essays along with classics in the field, Virtues of Thought makes a significant contribution to our study of ancient Greek philosophy.

Bulletin

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Total Pages : 662 pages
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Book Synopsis Bulletin by : Catholic Educational Association

Download or read book Bulletin written by Catholic Educational Association and published by . This book was released on 1918 with total page 662 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nov. issue includes Proceedings of the annual meeting.

The Cardinal Virtues

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Publisher : Hackett Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780872207455
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (74 download)

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Book Synopsis The Cardinal Virtues by : St. Thomas Aquinas

Download or read book The Cardinal Virtues written by St. Thomas Aquinas and published by Hackett Publishing. This book was released on 2005-01-01 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This newly translated and streamlined compilation of the texts on prudence, justice, fortitude, and temperance from the Summa Theologica II-II follows the question-and-answer format of the original while omitting almost all appeals to authority. Minor objections and replies have also been omitted. A general Introduction to the moral thought of Thomas Aquinas, introductory notes on the texts, an extensive glossary of key terms, and a selective bibliography supplement the texts.

Sri Bhagavad-gītā

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Total Pages : 650 pages
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Pontano’s Virtues

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Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1474281869
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (742 download)

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Book Synopsis Pontano’s Virtues by : Matthias Roick

Download or read book Pontano’s Virtues written by Matthias Roick and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2017-02-23 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First secretary to the Aragonese kings of Naples, Giovanni Pontano (1429-1503) was a key figure of the Italian Renaissance. A poet and a philosopher of high repute, Pontano's works offer a reflection on the achievements of fifteenth-century humanism and address major themes of early modern moral and political thought. Taking his defining inspiration from Aristotle, Pontano wrote on topics such as prudence, fortune, magnificence, and the art of pleasant conversation, rewriting Aristotle's Ethics in the guise of a new Latin philosophy, inscribed with the patterns of Renaissance culture. This book shows how Pontano's rewriting of Aristotelian ethics affected not only his philosophical views, but also his political life and his place in the humanist movement. Drawing on Pontano's treatises, dialogues, letters, poems and political writings, Matthias Roick presents us with the first comprehensive study of Pontano's moral and political thought, offering novel insights into the workings of Aristotelian virtue ethics in the early modern period.

Never a Matter of Indifference

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Publisher : Hoover Press
ISBN 13 : 9780817939632
Total Pages : 188 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (396 download)

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Book Synopsis Never a Matter of Indifference by : Peter Berkowitz

Download or read book Never a Matter of Indifference written by Peter Berkowitz and published by Hoover Press. This book was released on 2013-09-01 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The contributors reveal how public policy in the United States has weakened the institutions of civil society that play a critical role in forming and sustaining the qualities of mind and character crucial to democratic self-government. The authors show what can be done, consistent with the principles of a free society, to establish a healthier relationship between public policy and character.

Treatise on the Virtues

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Publisher : University of Notre Dame Pess
ISBN 13 : 0268158037
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (681 download)

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Book Synopsis Treatise on the Virtues by : St. Thomas Aquinas

Download or read book Treatise on the Virtues written by St. Thomas Aquinas and published by University of Notre Dame Pess. This book was released on 2019-08-15 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In his Treatise on the Virtues, Aquinas discusses the character and function of habit; the essence, subject, cause, and meaning of virtue; and the separate intellectual, moral, cardinal, and theological virtues. His work constitutes one of the most thorough and incisive accounts of virtue in the history of Christian philosophy. John Oesterle's accurate and elegant translation makes this enduring work readily accessible to the modern reader.

The "Summa Theologica" of St. Thomas Aquinas

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Total Pages : 370 pages
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Thomas Aquinas on the Cardinal Virtues

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Publisher : Catholic University of America Press
ISBN 13 : 0813233615
Total Pages : 481 pages
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Book Synopsis Thomas Aquinas on the Cardinal Virtues by : Christopher Kaczor

Download or read book Thomas Aquinas on the Cardinal Virtues written by Christopher Kaczor and published by Catholic University of America Press. This book was released on 2020-10-30 with total page 481 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thomas Aquinas on the Cardinal Virtues provides essential passages from Thomas's treatment of the cardinal virtues in the Summa theologiae, edited and explained for classroom use or the independent reader. Arranged for beginners, this book contains passages from the Summa theologiae of great historical import, contemporary relevance, or intrinsic interest combined with abundant footnotes aiding the modern reader. Each individual article is arranged so that the question, e.g. “Is capital punishment moral?” is followed directed by Thomas’s answer. Then the first objection is raised, followed immediately by Thomas’s response, the second objection is raised and then Thomas answers it, and so forth. The abundant footnotes help first time readers navigate key theological and philosophical terms which may be unfamiliar. In addition, the notes provide biographical information about key authors cited by Thomas, such as Tully, Vegetius, and Gregory the Great. The footnotes sometimes look back at the sources and philosophical roots of what Thomas teaches. Other notes note how authors after Aquinas including theologians, church councils, and popes developed, synthesized, and sometimes rejected what Thomas teaches. In sum, this book seeks to illuminate Thomas’s teaching on the cardinal virtues such as a teacher might do in the classroom.

The Bourgeois Virtues

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Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226556670
Total Pages : 637 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (265 download)

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Book Synopsis The Bourgeois Virtues by : Deirdre Nansen

Download or read book The Bourgeois Virtues written by Deirdre Nansen and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2010-03-15 with total page 637 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For a century and a half, the artists and intellectuals of Europe have scorned the bourgeoisie. And for a millennium and a half, the philosophers and theologians of Europe have scorned the marketplace. The bourgeois life, capitalism, Mencken’s “booboisie” and David Brooks’s “bobos”—all have been, and still are, framed as being responsible for everything from financial to moral poverty, world wars, and spiritual desuetude. Countering these centuries of assumptions and unexamined thinking is Deirdre McCloskey’s The Bourgeois Virtues, a magnum opus that offers a radical view: capitalism is good for us. McCloskey’s sweeping, charming, and even humorous survey of ethical thought and economic realities—from Plato to Barbara Ehrenreich—overturns every assumption we have about being bourgeois. Can you be virtuous and bourgeois? Do markets improve ethics? Has capitalism made us better as well as richer? Yes, yes, and yes, argues McCloskey, who takes on centuries of capitalism’s critics with her erudition and sheer scope of knowledge. Applying a new tradition of “virtue ethics” to our lives in modern economies, she affirms American capitalism without ignoring its faults and celebrates the bourgeois lives we actually live, without supposing that they must be lives without ethical foundations. High Noon, Kant, Bill Murray, the modern novel, van Gogh, and of course economics and the economy all come into play in a book that can only be described as a monumental project and a life’s work. The Bourgeois Virtues is nothing less than a dazzling reinterpretation of Western intellectual history, a dead-serious reply to the critics of capitalism—and a surprising page-turner.

Radical Virtues

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Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 9780742561007
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (61 download)

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Book Synopsis Radical Virtues by : Richard John White

Download or read book Radical Virtues written by Richard John White and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2008 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is a good life? What does it mean to be a good person? Richard White answers these questions by considering aspects of moral goodness through the virtues: courage, temperance, justice, compassion, and wisdom. White explores how moral virtues affect and support social movements such as pacifism, environmentalism, multiculturalism, and animal rights. Drawing on the classics, White includes historical and cross-cultural analysis and examines the lives of Socrates, Buddha, and Gandhi, who lived virtuous lives, to help the reader understand and acquire moral wisdom. Book jacket.

The Essential Nostradamus

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Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 9781585424603
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (246 download)

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Download or read book The Essential Nostradamus written by Richard Smoley and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2006-01-19 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From his predictions about life and death in the Middle French court of Catherine de' Medici to his uncannily suggestive preconceptions of World War II, Michel de Nostradamus has aroused continual fascination-and commercialization-in the West. Today, many search his elliptical "centuries"-or collected verses-for new truths about 9/11 and End Times, while supermarket tabloids routinely falsify and exploit his pronouncements. What is the difference between prophecy and prediction, and how has it led to a misuse of the ideas of Nostradamus, as well as those of other post-biblical prognosticators? What is the nature of the oracular tradition in the West-stretching back to the oracle at Delphi-and how can Nostradamus be understood from this perspective? In The Essential Nostradamus, the highly regarded spiritual thinker and writer Richard Smoley provides a true sourcebook in the life and messages of one of history's most peculiar figures. This volume offers a host of advantages beyond other collections of Nostradamus's work. Many commentators on Nostradamus take liberties in their translations, further confusing the matter of what the prophetic quatrains actually said. In The Essential Nostradamus, Smoley presents a fresh, scholarly, and literal translation of Nostradamus's Middle French, allowing readers to make their own determination as to the passages' historical references and accuracy. Smoley also supplies detailed commentary on Nostradamus's key quatrains, with a sharp eye toward the political and social events of the writer's era-elements that many commentators overlook or fail to grasp. An authoritative biographical essay-highlighting Nostradamus's separate roles as physician, astrologer, and prognosticator-rounds out the volume to create a truly essential exposition of the work of one of Western culture's most mysterious men.