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020 _a9780670888825 (hbk)
040 _cJCRC
100 1 _aSaul, John Ralston
_d1947-
245 1 0 _aOn Equilibrium /
_cJohn Ralston Saul.
260 _aToronto, ON :
_bPenguin/Viking,
_c2001.
300 _a370 p. :
_bcov. ill. ;
_c24 cm.
504 _aIncludes an index.
505 _aChapter One: The Shape of Human Genius
505 _aChapter Two: Common Sense
505 _aChapter Three: Ethics
505 _aChapter Four: Imagination
505 _aChapter Five: Intuition
505 _aChapter Six: Memory
505 _aChapter Seven: Reason
505 _aChapter Eight: Normal Behaviour
505 _aNotes
505 _aIndex
520 _a"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 worshiped in isolation they become weaknesses even forces of destruction or self-destruction. In short, they become ideologies. How then 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 in order 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." (Publisher's Website)
650 0 _aPhilosophical anthropology.
856 _uhttps://penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/375931/equilibrium#9780140288032
_zPublisher's Website.
856 _uhttps://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/item/show/215214026
_zCheck the Ottawa Public Library (OPL) catalog.
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_cBK