Cities of Words: Pedagogical Letters on a Register of the Moral Life

by Stanley Cavell

Book Overview

Since Socrates and his circle first tried to frame the Just City in words, discussion of a perfect communal life--a life of justice, reflection, and mutual respect--has had to come to terms with the distance between that idea and reality. Measuring this distance step by practical step is the philosophical project that Stanley Cavell has pursued on his exploratory path. Situated at the intersection of two of his longstanding interests--Emersonian...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674018184
• ISBN13: 9780674018181
• Release Date: October 2005
• Publisher: Belknap Press
• Length: 480 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.2" x 9.2"