It takes the average reader 4 hours and 54 minutes to read On the Decline of the Genteel Virtues by Jeff Mitchell
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This innovative book proposes that what we think of as “moral conscience” is essentially the exercise of reflective judgment on the goods and ends arising in interpersonal relations, and that such judgment constitutes a form of taste. Through an historical survey Mitchell shows that the constant pendant to taste was an educational and cultural ideal, namely, that of the gentleman, whether he was an ancient Greek citizen-soldier, Roman magistrate, Confucian scholar-bureaucrat, Renaissance courtier, or Victorian grandee. Mitchell argues that it was neither an ethical doctrine nor methodology...
On the Decline of the Genteel Virtues by Jeff Mitchell is 292 pages long, and a total of 73,584 words.
This makes it 99% the length of the average book. It also has 90% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 42 minutes to read On the Decline of the Genteel Virtues aloud.
On the Decline of the Genteel Virtues is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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