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On Equilibrium
B. J.
John Ralston Saul
出版
Penguin Random House
, 2002
主題
Philosophy / General
Philosophy / History & Surveys / Modern
Political Science / Globalization
Social Science / General
ISBN
0140293140
9780140293142
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=dP2GAAAACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋
John Ralston Saul explains how our different qualities give us the intelligence, self-confidence and practical ability to think and act as responsible individuals. He argues, however, that when certain human qualities are worshipped in isolation they become weaknesses, even forces of destruction or self-destruction. In short, they become ideologies.How can we use our qualities as positive forces in our own lives - and the life of our society? How can we use them so that each builds upon the other to reinforce us as humans?Saul's answer is Balance.
On Equilibrium
is an intelligent, persuasive and controversial exploration of the essential qualities of humanity and how they can be used to achieve equilibrium for the self and to foster an ethical society. It is at once an attack on our weakness for ideologies and a manual for humanist action. It is the logical, compelling and humane successor to Saul's bestselling trilogy
Voltaire's Bastards
,
The Doubter's Companion
and
The Unconscious Civilisation
.