Comparing and contrasting the hero and the saint
Professor Ambrosio’s approach to the issue of a meaningful life draws on the typology of hero and saint. After listening to the first two lectures, what do you understand these terms to mean? Explain your answer, comparing and contrasting the hero and the saint and providing examples of each view of life. Are these metaphors “ideal types” that serve as fundamentally distinct ways of living personally and in society; that is, must we choose between them
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ISBN-12: 978-1603847438
Note: the next three texts are available from multiple publishers (and sometimes in multiple translations),
and each edition will have its own ISBN number. The following are three available editions.
Kierkegaard, Soren. Fear and Trembling. Seattle, WA: Pacific Publishing Studio, 2010.
ISBN-10: 1453727426
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ISBN-10: 0872201937
Frankl, Viktor E. Man’s Search for Meaning. New York,: Pocket, 1985.
ISBN-10: 0671023373
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