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The Other Side of Virtue
Overview
Using ancient heroic epics and sagas like Beowulf, the Illiad and Odyssey, the Eddas, the Tain Bo Cuailnge, and literature inspired by them including the works of the Renaissance and Romanticism, Shakespeare, Tolkien, and J.K. Rowling, this book explains the world-view that gave birth to our virtues. In that world-view, life involves inevitable confrontations with inexplicable events like fortune, nature, other people, and death itself.
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Details
- ISBN-13: 9781846941153
- ISBN-10: 1846941156
- Publisher: Moon Books
- Publish Date: July 2008
- Dimensions: 8.51 x 5.66 x 0.67 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.85 pounds
- Page Count: 320
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