Paul Woodruff

Reverence (eBook, PDF)

Renewing a Forgotten Virtue

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Produktbeschreibung

Reverence is an ancient virtue that survives among us in half-forgotten patterns of civility and moments of inarticulate awe. Reverence gives meaning to much that we do, yet the word has almost passed out of our vocabulary. Reverence, says philosopher and classicist Paul Woodruff, begins in an understanding of human limitations. From this grows the capacity to be in awe of whatever we believe lies outside our control -- God, truth, justice, nature, even death. It is a quality of character that is especially important in leadership and in teaching, although it figures in virtually every human relationship. It transcends religious boundaries and can be found outside religion altogether. Woodruff draws on thinking about this lost virtue in ancient Greek and Chinese traditions and applies lessons from these highly reverent cultures to today's world. The book covers reverence in a variety of contexts -- the arts, leadership, teaching, warfare, and the home -- and shows how essential a quality it is to a well-functioning society. First published by Oxford University Press in 2001, this new edition of Reverence is revised and expanded. It contains a foreword by Betty Sue Flowers, Distinguished Teaching Professor Emeritus at the University of Texas at Austin, a new preface, two new chapters -- one on the sacred and one on compassion -- and an epilogue focused on renewing reverence in our own lives.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Mai 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780199350810
• Artikelnr.: 40761792

Autorenporträt

Paul Woodruff has served at The University of Texas at Austin since 1973; he has been chair of the Department of Philosophy, director of the Plan II Honors Program, and inaugural dean of the School of Undergraduate Studies. Woodruff has translated works by Plato, Sophocles and other ancient Greek writer and interpreted them for modern audiences.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements
Text Credits
1. Introducing Reverence
2. Without Reverence
3. Music and a Funeral: Finding Reverence
4. Bare Reverence
5. Ancient Greece: The Way of Being Human
6. Ancient China: The Way of Power
7. Reverence Without a Creed
8. Reverence Across Religions
9. Relativism
10. The Sacred
11. The Reverent Leader
12. Compassion
13. The Reverent Teacher
14. Home
Epilogue: Renewing Reverence
Notes
Works Cited
Index and Glossary