Reviews for Strangeness and beauty

The average rating for Strangeness and beauty based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2012-03-04 00:00:00 Cassandra Williams This is an amazing book, boiling the varied concepts of life into six main ideas. It is a tough book to read sometime, definitely not a bedside or toilet book. This book requires focus and attention to detail. But when you're done, you'll love it and be glad you read it.

Review # 2 was written on 2019-08-18 00:00:00 Ramon Cubas Some of the quotations that I love in this book are beauty is the intersection between truth (knowledge) and goodness (desire). Happiness on the other side, is not merely the highest good (summum bonum), but it is the totality of good (totum bonum). Lastly, there is no harm if we didn't inflict it (when he discusses on Plato's dialogues). Freedom according to Adler, is divided into three forms: 1. Inherent in human nature. 2. Associated with wisdom and moral virtue. 3. Completely dependent on favourable external circumstances. And of course he discusses a lot on this topic, touching the discourse of Plato, Aristotle, Locke, Kant, Marx and William James. All in all, this is an interesting and enjoyable work to read on though one might find it is not easy to chew some intricate discussions in it.