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The Value of Solitude: The Ethics and Spirituality of Aloneness in Autobiography
Most people feel ambivalent about solitude, both loving and fearing it depending on how they experience being alone at certain points in their lives. In "The Value of Solitude, " John Barbour explores some of the ways in which experiences of solitude, both positive and negative, have been interpreted as religiously significant. He also shows how solitude can raise ethical
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Paperback
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240 pages
Published
October 29th 2004
by University of Virginia Press
(first published September 2004)
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A bit academic, but had interesting insights, and was an interesting treatment of a theme through history.
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