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The Wisdom of Frugality: Why Less Is More - More or Less
Emrys Westacott
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Hardback. Num Pages: 328 pages, 2 line illus. BIC Classification: HPQ; HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 149 x 224 x 28. Weight in Grams: 496.
From Socrates to Thoreau, most philosophers, moralists, and religious leaders have seen frugality as a virtue and have associated simple living with wisdom, integrity, and happiness. But why? And are they right? Is a taste for luxury fundamentally misguided? If one has the means to be a spendthrift, is it foolish or reprehensible to be extravagant? In this book, Emrys Westacott examines why, for more than two millennia, so many philosophers and people with a reputation for wisdom have been advocating frugality and simple living as the key to the good life. He also looks at why most people ... Read more
From Socrates to Thoreau, most philosophers, moralists, and religious leaders have seen frugality as a virtue and have associated simple living with wisdom, integrity, and happiness. But why? And are they right? Is a taste for luxury fundamentally misguided? If one has the means to be a spendthrift, is it foolish or reprehensible to be extravagant? In this book, Emrys Westacott examines why, for more than two millennia, so many philosophers and people with a reputation for wisdom have been advocating frugality and simple living as the key to the good life. He also looks at why most people ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
496g
Number of Pages
328
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691155081
SKU
V9780691155081
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About Emrys Westacott
Emrys Westacott is professor of philosophy at Alfred University in Alfred, New York, and the author of The Virtues of Our Vices (Princeton). His work has been featured in the New York Times and has appeared in the Los Angeles Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Philosopher's Magazine, Philosophy Now, and many other publications.
Reviews for The Wisdom of Frugality: Why Less Is More - More or Less
[A] pleasant intellectual tour that usefully blows a layer of dust off of old writings.
Joe Pinsker, The Atlantic Westacott's philosophically informed polemic argues that if we rise above our material individualism, we will be better off, both as a society and as an individual.
Wan Lixin, Shanghai Daily A sprightly and authoritative romp through the history of ... Read more
Joe Pinsker, The Atlantic Westacott's philosophically informed polemic argues that if we rise above our material individualism, we will be better off, both as a society and as an individual.
Wan Lixin, Shanghai Daily A sprightly and authoritative romp through the history of ... Read more