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On Being Civilized: A Few Lines Amid the Breakage Perfect Paperback – January 1, 2023

by Tracy Lee Simmons (Author)
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Civilization, being such an all-encompassing thing, is hard to define. Some use history. Others use archaeology. Some study civilization directly. But there is another way to confront the question, which is simply to articulate what a healthy civilization looks like. Tracy Lee Simmons, renowned author of Climbing Parnassus: A New Apologia for Greek and Latin, approaches the question of what civilization is by allowing us to look over the shoulder of a civilized man as he thinks and writes about civilized things. Simmons begins with the basic meditation on the nature of civilization. He examines several “signposts” that indicate when we are living civilized lives in a more or less civilized society. Through book reviews and other literary essays on biographies, history, language, literature, and culture, Simmons provides insightful and beautiful essays that remind us of an illustration of the good life―and through it, an intimation of the Good itself. Featuring a foreword from Joseph Pearce and an introduction from Martin Cothran, On Being Civilized from Memoria College Press is a fantastic addition to any library.
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  1. Print length
    299 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Memoria Press
  4. Publication date
    January 1, 2023
  5. Reading age
    15 years and up
  6. ISBN-10
    1547705426
  7. ISBN-13
    978-1547705429
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Tracy Lee Simmons writes widely on literary and cultural matters and is the author of Climbing Parnassus: A New Apologia for Greek and Latin. He holds a master's degree in classics from Oxford.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0CFM3NNZ2
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Memoria Press; First Edition (January 1, 2023)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Perfect Paperback ‏ : ‎ 299 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1547705426
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1547705429
  • Reading age ‏ : ‎ 15 years and up

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