Shame and Necessity, Second Edition - Sather Classical Lectures
Shame and Necessity, Second Edition - Sather Classical Lectures
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13 May, 2008
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| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| ISBN13 | 9780520256439 |
| ISBN10 | 0520256433 |
| Number Of Pages | 280 |
| Item Weight | 363 g |
| Product Dimensions | 152 x 229 x 18 mm |
| Publisher / Reseller | University of California Press |
| Format | paperback |
| Edition | 2nd edition |
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"A dazzlingly clever and agile assault. . . . Williams's treatment of shame is brilliant. . . . Mr Williams's mind is subtle, his reasoning complex. In places this is a difficult book, but always because the argument requires it; essentially, it is a model of philosophical lucidity. And though it is deeply serious, we can often catch an ironic inflection in the author's voice." * New York Times *
"Brilliant, demanding, disturbing." * New York Review of Books *
"Poets often prove to be much better observers of human thought, character and action than philosophers, historians or psychologists, who are apt to launch into theory and generalisation before they have a good description of what they are setting out to explain. This is what Williams's discussions of the ancient texts bring out in every instance, and what makes his book worth reading, not just for those who are interested in the question whether we have made any real moral progress, but also for those who are interested in the Greeks, or in the varieties of ethical experience." * London Review of Books *
"Clearly written, well argued, and carefully documented." * Library Journal *
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Bernard Williams (1929-2003) was one of the most distinguished British philosophers of the twentieth century, White's Professor of Moral Philosophy at Oxford University, and Monroe Deutsch Professor of Philosophy at the University of California, Berkeley.