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Author Frankfurt, Harry G., 1929-2023, author

Title The reasons of love / Harry G. Frankfurt
Published Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, [2006]

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Description 1 online resource (100 pages)
Contents 1. Question: "How Should We Live?" -- 2. On Love, and Its Reasons -- 3. Dear Self
Summary This beautifully written book by one of the world's leading moral philosophers argues that the key to a fulfilled life is to pursue wholeheartedly what one cares about, that love is the most authoritative form of caring, and that the purest form of love is, in a complicated way, self-love. Harry Frankfurt writes that it is through caring that we infuse the world with meaning. Caring provides us with stable ambitions and concerns; it shapes the framework of aims and interests within which we lead our lives. The most basic and essential question for a person to raise about the conduct of his or
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Notes Print version record
SUBJECT Liebe, ... gnd
Subject Practical reason.
Love.
Love
love (emotion)
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS -- Interpersonal Relations.
PHILOSOPHY -- Ethics & Moral Philosophy.
Love
Practical reason
Praktische Vernunft
Ethik
Selbstliebe
Liefde.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781400826063
1400826063