The human condition [electronic resource] / by John Kekes.

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Kekes, John

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TextPublication details: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2010.Description: 1 online resource (ix, 272 p.)ISBN:

9780191595448 (ebook) :

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128 22

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BD450

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Oxford scholarship online

Summary: John Kekes offers a response to the growing disenchantment in the Western world with contemporary life. He defends a realistic view of the human condition that rejects both facile optimism & gloomy pessimism. While acknowledging that the scheme of things is indifferent to our fortunes, he shows that we do have the resources to improve our lives.

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John Kekes offers a response to the growing disenchantment in the Western world with contemporary life. He defends a realistic view of the human condition that rejects both facile optimism & gloomy pessimism. While acknowledging that the scheme of things is indifferent to our fortunes, he shows that we do have the resources to improve our lives.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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