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Contentment in Contention : Acceptance versus Aspiration, Paperback / softback Book

Contentment in Contention : Acceptance versus Aspiration Paperback / softback

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Southgate draws on ideas within history, philosophy, literature, psychology, and theology to explore two traditions: contentment with our situation as it is, and the aspiration to transcend it.

He discusses the possibility of escape from intellectual constraints, and advocates a positive 'duty of discontent', and its implications.

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