Life’s foundational questions come elegantly to the fore in this skillfully crafted nonfiction story about the late John H. Finley, Jr. For 51 years Finley was the celebrated and erudite Eliot Professor of the Classics at Harvard. Luminous and compellingly relevant, his story leads readers directly into engagement with the fundamental wisdom questions of any worthwhile life. Classical Considerations offers a compact (44 pages) but brilliantly lyrical array of intellectual sparks that will kindle an exuberant fire in every reader’s soul.
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Classical Considerations: Musings Prompted by the Late Harvard Master John H. Finley, Jr.
Life’s foundational questions come elegantly to the fore in this skillfully crafted nonfiction story about the late John H. Finley, Jr. For 51 years Finley was the celebrated and erudite Eliot Professor of the Classics at Harvard. Luminous and compellingly relevant, his story leads readers directly into engagement with the fundamental wisdom questions of any worthwhile life. Classical Considerations offers a compact (44 pages) but brilliantly lyrical array of intellectual sparks that will kindle an exuberant fire in every reader’s soul.
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| BN ID: | 2940015988093 |
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| Publisher: | Steven McFadden - Soul*Sparks |
| Publication date: | 01/30/2013 |
| Series: | Soul*Sparks , #3 |
| Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
| Format: | eBook |
| File size: | 1 MB |
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