The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self
A very important analysis of modern thinking and behavior. Using Charles Taylor, Alistair MacIntyre, Philipp Rieff, Freud, Rousseau, Nietzsche, New Left, Frankfurt School, Surrealism, Romantic poetry, etc....
Ethics
From Shame to Sin: The Christian Transformation of Sexual Morality in Late Antiquity
The author examines how Christianity changed the ethics of sexual behavior from shame to sin, and shows how the roots of modern sexuality are grounded in an ancient religious revolution. The picture of...
The Road to Character
In this book, the well-known American reporter David Brooks argues that while our society encourages us to develop the more competitive and selfish side of ourselves, what will truly make us happy is...
Die Lebensalter
The title can be translated as "The Ages. Their ethical and pedagogical importance". In this brief essay, the fruit of a course in ethics, Romano Guardini reflects on the stages of human life, their...
The Art of Living
A series of radio lectures given by Dietrich von Hildebrand in the 1930s, that were collected and adapted to be published in writing, in cooperation with his wife Alice. The title refers to the contents of...
Article 353
An interesting novel in which the dialogue between Martial Kermeur, a man accused of having killed a property developer named Antonie Lazenec, and the judge, allows the reader to know about the hard...
A voz da consciência
The author invites us to do a test: ask several people on the street what is consciousness. We will probably hear all kind of answers: "Conscience is an inner inspiration that tells us what to do", "It's a...
Nichomachean Ethics
In our days friends are counted by tens, by hundreds, by thousands !; but most of us hardly know the surname, or the city where they live, or why they cry when they see the pages of the calendar. More and...
Tres consejeros: Aristóteles, Confucio y Chesterton
This little book is a pleasant stroll through the texts of three undisputed masters in the art of living and education. The author has managed to present, in an attractive and friendly way, the thought of...
Defamation
A short essay that addresses in a suggestive and tuned manner, the main contemporary moral issues involved in human communication: the importance of the word entrusted to freedom; the value of honour and...