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Nobility Of Spirit: A Forgotten Ideal
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">In the pages of this slim, powerful book Rob Riemen argues with passion that “nobility of spirit” is the quintessence of a civilized world. It is, as Thomas Mann believed, the sole corrective for human history. Without nobility of spirit, culture vanishes. Yet in the early twenty-first century, a time when human dignity and fr...more
Hardcover, 160 pages
Published
June 16th 2008
by Yale University Press
(first published January 1st 2008)
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A simple yet complex book on how the world appears to lack a true understanding of freedom and democracy. Although slim by page count, it is deep in thought. It takes some time to digest the material but it has been an enlightened reading adventure for me.
If Rob Riemen were a writer with a different voice, who punctuated his ideas with footnotes and framed his anecdotes with jargon, his elegant volume, “Nobility of Spirit: A Forgotten Ideal,” might be on heavy rotation in philosophy courses worldwide. But Riemen is a humanist with a literary impulse who takes great pleasure in the creative act. Writing, as he says, in “the small hours of the night” when he can put his work at the Nexus Institute, the independent organization he runs in The Nether...more
i am finally, finally reading this book! how long has it been on my "currently reading" shelf? well, i lied, i wasn't reading it. no, that's not true, either. i started it but got distracted by other books. the stories of my life. let's forget all that. this book is good so far, though the intro was a little annoyingly name-droppy for me. then again, maybe i'm just jealous.
i'll let you know how it turns out (say my good intentions).
UPDATE: well, i did it! i fini...more
i'll let you know how it turns out (say my good intentions).
UPDATE: well, i did it! i fini...more
An thought provoking book! It has references to cultural and philosophical issues and authors I happen to be familiar with; at the same time it shines a spotlight on them to create a new insight. This new insight in turn makes me want to visit again with the corresponding issues/authors themselves. Indeed it is one of the themes of the book to have these conversations within our Western cultural commonwealth. The author reconstructs or mediates conversations which he thinks highlight our most im...more
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A meditation meant to foster a pursuit of higher ideals over the pursuit of money, cash, & hoes, this book did move me when I first read it a year ago; however, now, all I remember of it are a few brief fragments about Thomas Mann and September 11th, and whatever emotion it stirred in me has passed. The issue may be that I don't hold the same ideals as Riemen, and a common disdain does not make a reader passionate about a book.
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Truly inspiring - I know Rob Riemen stands for something very deep and meaningful, but I don't think I'm cultured and well-read enough yet to fully grasp what he is desperately striving for here.
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