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Недовършената градина

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Преди два века модерният човек извоюва свободата да определя нормите си и да опознава света, без да се съобразява с казаното от древните. Но каква е цената на тази свобода? И ако иска да я съхрани, не трябва ли той да се откаже от общите ценности, от живота в обществото, от последователния си и отговорен Аз? Какво следва оттук нататък?
Пред този нелек избор на човек са предлагани няколко стратегии. Хуманистичната се състои в това да запази той свидната си свобода без обаче да се отказва от ценностите, от обществото и от Аза. Тук представям възгледите на големите френски хуманисти от Монтен до Констан, без да забравяме Русо. За тях човешкото съществуване е като „недовършената градина", за която говори Монтен: нито изцяло детерминирано от външните фактори, нито изцяло зависимо от волята на властващите. То е място, където се учим да превръщаме мимолетното в дълготрайност, а случайната среща - в жизнена необходимост.

Цветан Тодоров

394 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1998

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Tzvetan Todorov

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In Bulgarian Цветан Тодоров. Todorov was a Franco-Bulgarian historian, philosopher and literary theoretician. Among his most influential works is his theory on the fantastic, the uncanny and marvellous.

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March 20, 2007
Read this for my theological ethics class - it's in the "to reread" list because I think it really merits going back through before I give it a rating.
However, I just want to say that this is may be the most beautiful cover out of all those on the books I own. Shelling out the cash for the hardcover was worth it just to be able to stare at the hardcover all the time.
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March 17, 2022
Man… this was hard to read… yet good at the same time. Got lots of quotes out of it. I recommend reading a couple of Rousseau, Montaigne and Montesquieu

I take from this book that we tend to change when we need to but in a selfish way… there is no helping others and evolution unless it helps us first.That is our human nature
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May 12, 2025
What a great but challenging read! Before reading this book, it was helpful to have read Rousseau, Descartes Tocqueville, and Montaigne. I have not read Constant, who was the most compelling. Using the concept of the wager, similar to Pascal's wager, made the book's format easy to follow.
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September 17, 2023
Прекрасна книга! Научна, конкретна, критична, стегната, същевременно топла и нежна. Идеална и за "нефилософи", интересуващи се от материята.
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November 18, 2025
Libro que expone la cosmovisión humanista desde sus virtudes y límites. Aún así, hay sombras que no están del todo desarrolladas en el libro.
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November 3, 2011
Tzvetan Todorov's 1988 work appeared in lecture slides of 'Bilingualism and Emotion: Different Language, Different Selves', conducted 02/11/2011.
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