01331nam a2200301 a 4500001001400000003000800014005001700022006001900039007001500058008004100073020003800114040002100152050001000173082001200183100001700195245006500212260004600277300003500323520035200358588004700710504005100757650001000808650002500818700002900843700003300872776003300905856009100938EDZ0000076269StDuBDS20150804193936.0m||||||||d||||||||cr||||||||||||100819s2010    enk    fo     001 0 eng d  a9780191595448 (ebook) :cNo price  aStDuBDScStDuBDS 4aBD45004a1282221 aKekes, John.14aThe human conditionh[electronic resource] /cby John Kekes.  aOxford :bOxford University Press,c2010.  a1 online resource (ix, 272 p.)8 aJohn Kekes offers a response to the growing disenchantment in the Western world with contemporary life. He defends a realistic view of the human condition that rejects both facile optimism & gloomy pessimism. While acknowledging that the scheme of things is indifferent to our fortunes, he shows that we do have the resources to improve our lives.  aDescription based on print version record.  aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 0aLife. 0aMeaning (Philosophy)1 aKekes, John.tEnjoyment.1 aKekes, John.tRoots of evil.08iPrint versionz9780199588886403Oxford scholarship onlineuhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199588886.001.0001