The Art of the Commonplace

Name: The Art of the Commonplace
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by Wendell Berry

Norman Wirzba (Editor)

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The Art of the Commonplace

by Wendell Berry

Norman Wirzba (Editor)

1 rating • 1 review • 3 shelved

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ISBN10 1582431469
ISBN13 9781582431468
Publish Date 28 March 2002
Publish Status Out of Print
Out of Print 24 December 2009
Publish Country US
Imprint Counterpoint

Format Hardcover
Pages 352
Language English

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“The moral argument points to restraint; it is a conclusion that may be in some sense tragic, but there is no escaping it. Much as we long for infinities of power and duration, we have no evidence that these lie within our reach, much less within our responsibility. It is more likely that we will have either to live within our limits, within the human definition, or not live at all. And certainly the knowledge of these limits and of how to live within them is the most comely and graceful knowledge that we have, the most healing and the most whole.”

There would be worse things than this to have as your Bible. I’m keeping this short because I’ll fill up this space as I read this book a dozen more times.