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It has become conventional to think of the ethical life as one lived in compliance with abstract and universalistic moral rules. But there is another view represented by the ancient tradition of virtue ethics: that the ethical life is all about cultivating a better self through a commitment to personal excellence and self-overcoming.
‘Just as in the parable of the boiling frog who does not perceive the gradual increase in the temperature of the water and is boiled alive, so we have by steady increments lost much of our liberty without realizing it. The works in this book cannot give that back; what they can do is to raise our consciousness of the many alternative paths we could have taken—and perhaps, if we have nerve enough, still can take.‘
Generativity is a uniquely accessible and wide-ranging account of what it is that makes us exceptional.
We are all in search of answers to the mystery of human achievement. Why do some people excel while others do not?
This fifth volume of Shakespeare Tales contains the English histories as retold in prose by Arthur Quiller-Couch and Harrison Morris. Each tale is prefaced by a fresh and insightful introduction by Andrew Lynn.
This fourth volume of Shakespeare Tales contains the Roman tales as retold in prose by Arthur Quiller-Couch, Harrison Morris, and Winston Stokes. Each tale is prefaced by a fresh and insightful introduction by Andrew Lynn.
This third volume of Shakespeare Tales contains the tragicomedies as retold in prose by Charles and Mary Lamb and Harrison Morris. Each tale is prefaced by a fresh and insightful introduction by Andrew Lynn.
This second volume of Shakespeare Tales contains the tragedies as retold in prose by Charles and Mary Lamb. Each tale is prefaced by a fresh and insightful introduction by Andrew Lynn.
This first volume of Shakespeare Tales contains the comedies as retold in prose by Charles and Mary Lamb and Harrison Morris. Each tale is prefaced by a fresh and insightful introduction by Andrew Lynn.
“Hard times create strong men. Strong men create good times. Good times create weak men. Weak men create hard times.”