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  • The Subversive Simone Weil

    A Life in Five Ideas

    par Robert Zaretsky ...
    This exploration of the contradictary philosopher is "a beautifully sharp and thoughtful account of her life and work—a fascinating read" (Sarah Bakewell, New York Times –bestselling author).Known as the "patron saint of all outsiders," Simone Weil (1909–43) was one of the twentieth century's most remarkable thinkers, a philosopher who truly lived by her political and ethical ideals. In a short ... En savoir plus

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  • La subversiva Simone Weil

    Una vida de cinco ideas

    par Robert Zaretsky ...
    Collections series general
    Simone Weil (1909-1943) fue una de las pensadoras más notables del siglo xx, una filósofa que realmente vivió de acuerdo con sus ideales políticos y éticos. En su corta vida enmarcada por las dos guerras mundiales enseñó filosofía a estudiantes y trabajadores sindicales, se unió al movimiento de la Francia Libre en Londres y murió sin lograr llegar a su país para ayudar a la Resistencia. Robert ... En savoir plus

    $8.99 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • The Philosophers' Quarrel

    Rousseau, Hume, and the Limits of Human Understanding

    par Robert Zaretsky ...
    The rise and spectacular fall of the friendship between the two great philosophers of the eighteenth century, barely six months after they first met, reverberated on both sides of the Channel. As the relationship between Jean-Jacques Rousseau and David Hume unraveled, a volley of rancorous letters was fired off, then quickly published and devoured by aristocrats, intellectuals, and common readers ... En savoir plus

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  • Catherine & Diderot

    The Empress, the Philosopher, and the Fate of the Enlightenment

    par Robert Zaretsky ...
    A dual biography crafted around the famous encounter between the French philosopher who wrote about power and the Russian empress who wielded it with great aplomb.In October 1773, after a grueling trek from Paris, the aged and ailing Denis Diderot stumbled from a carriage in wintery St. Petersburg. The century’s most subversive thinker, Diderot arrived as the guest of its most ambitious and ... En savoir plus

    $30.79 CAD

  • A Life Worth Living

    Albert Camus and the Quest for Meaning

    par Robert Zaretsky ...
    Exploring themes that preoccupied Albert Camus--absurdity, silence, revolt, fidelity, and moderation--Robert Zaretsky portrays a moralist who refused to be fooled by the nobler names we assign to our actions, and who pushed himself, and those about him, to challenge the status quo. For Camus, rebellion against injustice is the human condition. ... En savoir plus

    $24.19 CAD

  • Victories Never Last

    Reading and Caregiving in a Time of Plague

    par Robert Zaretsky ...
    A timely and nuanced book that sets the author’s experience as a nursing home volunteer during the pandemic alongside the wisdom of great thinkers who confronted their own plagues.In any time of disruption or grief, many of us seek guidance in the work of great writers who endured similar circumstances. During the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, historian and biographer Robert Zaretsky did ... En savoir plus

    $24.99 CAD

  • Boswell’s Enlightenment

    par Robert Zaretsky ...
    Throughout his life, James Boswell struggled to fashion a clear account of himself, but try as he might, he could not reconcile the truths of his era with those of his religious upbringing. Boswell’s Enlightenment examines the conflicting credos of reason and faith, progress and tradition that pulled Boswell, like so many eighteenth-century Europeans, in opposing directions. In the end, the life ... En savoir plus

    $46.19 CAD

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    Victories Never Last

    Reading and Caregiving in a Time of Plague

    par Robert Zaretsky ...
    Lu par Ray Greenley ...

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    5 heure 51 min

    In any time of disruption or grief, many of us seek guidance in the work of great writers who endured similar circumstances. During the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, historian and biographer Robert Zaretsky did the same while also working as a volunteer in a nursing home in south Texas. In Victories Never Last Zaretsky weaves his reflections on the pandemic siege of his nursing home with ... En savoir plus

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    Elements of a Life

    Like many others of my generation, I first read Camus in high school. I carried him in my backpack while traveling across Europe, I carried him into (and out of) relationships, and I carried him into (and out of) difficult periods of my life. More recently, I have carried him into university classes that I have taught, coming out of them with a renewed appreciation of his art. To be sure, my idea ... En savoir plus

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  • The Story of the Lost Child

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    Traduit par Ann Goldstein ...
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    The "stunning conclusion" to the bestselling saga of the fierce lifelong bond between two women, from a gritty Naples childhood through old age ( Publishers Weekly, starred review).One of the New York Times's 100 Best Books of the 21st CenturyThe Story of the Lost Child concludes the dazzling saga of two women, the brilliant, bookish Elena and the fiery, uncontainable Lila, who first met amid the ... En savoir plus

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  • My Mother's Secret

    A Novel Based on a True Holocaust Story

    par J.L. Witterick ...
    Inspired by a true story, My Mother’s Secret is a captivating and ultimately uplifting tale intertwining the lives of two Jewish families in hiding from the Nazis, a fleeing German soldier, and the mother and daughter who save them all.Franciszka and her daughter, Helena, are simple, ordinary people...until 1939, when the Nazis invade their homeland. Providing shelter to Jews in Nazi-occupied ... En savoir plus

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  • On Violence

    par Hannah Arendt ...
    The political theorist and author of The Origins of Totalitarianism offers an "incisive, deeply probing" essay on violence and political power ( The Nation).Addressing the escalation of global warfare witnessed throughout the 1960s, Hannah Arendt points out that the glorification of violence is not restricted to a small minority of militants and extremists. The public revulsion for violence that ... En savoir plus

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