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Vital insights and wisdom on the perennial question of why we fight
This book explores how some of the greatest minds of civilization have tackled a question that continues to play a vital part in our lives today. In Why We Fight, Simon Van Booy curates an enlightening collection of excerpts, passages, and paintings, presenting works by Sophocles, Tacitus, Pieter Bruegel the Elder, William Shakespeare, Emily Bront, Abraham Lincoln, Charles Dickens, Victor Hugo, Walt Whitman, Friedrich Nietzsche, Oscar Wilde, James Tissot, James Joyce, General George Patton, and others.
Why We Fight will engage both the serious philosopher and the eternally curious.
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- Title Why We Fight
- Author Simon Van Booy
- Binding Paperback
- Edition 1 Original
- Pages 240
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Harper Perennial
- Date 2010-08-24
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Illustrated, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9780061845567 / 0061845566
- Weight 0.4 lbs (0.18 kg)
- Dimensions 7 x 4.4 x 0.8 in (17.78 x 11.18 x 2.03 cm)
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Themes
- Chronological Period: Modern
- Sex & Gender: Feminine
- Topical:
- Topical: Women's Interest
- Library of Congress subjects Fighting (Psychology) - Philosophy, Interpersonal conflict - Philosophy
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2011280466
- Dewey Decimal Code 128.4
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