Drawing on thinkers from Aristotle to Simone Weil, by way of Aquinas, Kant, Rilke, Nietzsche, Spinoza, and Rawls, among others, Comte-Sponville elaborates on the qualities that constitute the essence and excellence of humankind. In this graceful, incisive book, writer-philosopher André Comte-Sponville reexamines the classical virtues to help us understand “what we should do, who we should be, and how we should live.” In the process, he gives us an entirely new perspective on the value, relevance, and charm of the Western ethical tradition. Both in coincidences with evil intentions and good, I re-read this book as guidance.” This bright book makes you feel the challenges, responsibilities, struggles and royalness of being human. From courage to justice, the book talks about eighteen basic virtues. André Comte-Sponville / A Small Treatise on the Great Virtues It’s a difficult decision to choose books and when you have to choose only five… To pave the way for myself, I will choose five books from the publishing company I work for, hoping you would understand.ġ. He prepared the following reading list for young readers. For June, we reache d out to İletişim Publishing research and analysis series editor Tanıl Bora.
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