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L' Utilite de l'Inutile. Manifeste

L' Utilite de l'Inutile. Manifeste( )
As told to: Flexner, Abraham
Author: Ordine, Nuccio
Translator: Hersant, Luc
Hersant, Patrick
Series title:Romans, Essais, Poesie, Documents Ser.
ISBN:978-2-251-44488-8
Publication Date:Oct 2016
Publisher:Societe d'edition Les Belles lettres
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $14.00
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English summary: It is not true, even in times of crisis, that only that only sources of profit are useful. Nuccio Ordine draws on great philosophers and writers, from Plato to Tocqueville, Ovid to Calvino, to argue for the utility of uselessness and the uselessness of the useful. The obsession with possession, and the cult of utility desiccate the soul, and endanger schools, art, and creativity, as well as fundamental values such as the dignity of Man, love, and truth. French...
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Book Details
Pages:236
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):3.94 x 6.5 Inches
Book Weight:0.44 Pounds



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