The Art of Virtue

Ben Franklin's Formula for Successful Living

Benjamin Franklin (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

144 Seiten

2012
Skyhorse Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-61608-331-1 (ISBN)

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Collects essays by Benjamin Franklin on living a virtuous life. Starting with Franklin's essay "Art of Virtue", this title lets you read on to find out his thoughts on justice, moderation, chastity, and more.

Benjamin Franklin once wrote that he had conceived the bold and arduous project of arriving at moral perfection[and] wished to live without committing any fault at any timeto conquer all that either natural inclination, custom, or company might lead me into.” Although he was never able to finish this project completely, Benjamin Franklin was able to lay down the beginnings of this work in his later writings. Collected here for the first time are essays by Benjamin Franklin on living a virtuous life. Starting with Franklin’s essay Art of Virtue,” read on to find out his thoughts on justice, moderation, chastity, and more.

An easy-to-read guide to living your life with as much virtue as possible, the way Benjamin Franklin envisioned it could be.

Benjamin Franklin was a writer, inventor, political theorist, diplomat, and Founding Father of the United States. He wrote under the pen name of Poor Richard from 1732 to 1757.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	15.3.2012
Verlagsort	New York, NY
Sprache	englisch
Maße	127 x 178 mm
Gewicht	243 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Essays / Feuilleton
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Psychologie
	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
ISBN-10	1-61608-331-X / 161608331X
ISBN-13	978-1-61608-331-1 / 9781616083311
Zustand	Neuware