In this subtle and wide-ranging book on the Western intellectual and political condition, Manent argues that the West has rejected the laws of God and of nature in a quest for human autonomy, and in doing so have lost a sense of what it means to be human.By Pierre Manent
Foreword by Jean Bethke Elshtain
(Princeton University Press, 2000)
Category: Other Recommendations
Our plans miscarry if they have no aim. When a man does not know what harbor he is making for, no wind is the right wind.
Seneca
Orthodoxy: The Romance of Faith by G. K. Chesterton.
On its 100th anniversary, this book is just as helpful and provocative as ever.
The Content of America’s Character: Recovering Civic Virtue by Don Eberly.
Essays from prominent American thinkers on what individuals can do to re-establish their bonds with society.
