THE YEAR OF LIVING VIRTUOUSLY: WEEKENDS OFF
Book ID/图书代码： 03371015B79885
English Summary/英文概要： Benjamin Franklin was in his early twenties when he embarked on a “bold and arduous project of arriving at moral perfection,” intending to master the virtues of temperance, silence, order, resolution, frugality, industry, sincerity, justice, moderation, cleanliness, tranquility, chastity, and humility. He soon gave up on perfection but continued to believe that these virtues, coupled with a generous heart and a bemused acceptance of human frailty, laid the foundation for not only a good life but also a workable society.
Writer and visual artist Teresa Jordan wondered if Franklin’s perhaps antiquated notions of virtue might offer guidance to a nation increasingly divided by angry righteousness. She decided to try to live his list for a year, focusing on each virtue for a week at a time and taking weekends off to attend to the seven deadly sins.
The journal she kept became this collection of beautifully illustrated essays, weaving personal anecdotes with the views of theologians, philosophers, ethicists, evolutionary biologists, and a whole range of scholars and scientists within the emerging field of consciousness studies.
Teresa Jordan offers a wry and intimate journey into a year in midlife devoted to the challenge of trying to live authentically.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 本杰明•富兰克林20多岁时就开始了“一项大胆的、艰难的追求道德完美”的征程，试图养成节制、果断、节俭、勤勉、真诚、公正等美德，但不久就放弃了，但他继续相信，这些美德，加上一颗慷慨宽宏的心和包容人类弱点的心胸，不仅能创造良好的生活，还能建立文明的社会。
作家兼视觉艺术家 Teresa Jordan认为富兰克林这些关乎美德的古老观念可能对现代社会有一定价值，于是花了一年的时间尝试富兰克林的美德列表，每周坚持一项美德，周末放松休息。
本书记载了作者在这一年中的点点滴滴，既有个人轶事，又有哲学家、道德学家以及各类学者和科学家的观点。
用一年的时间来挑战自己，试图真实、真诚地生活。(LYR)
Awards/获奖情况：“作者从哲学的角度，审视、探讨了平凡的是非观……书中的反思文字优美、颇有韵味，作者的冥想发人深省、令人回味。”—— 犹他新闻评论
“我建议细细品味这本书，每一刻都在脑中回味，但总而言之，我非常推荐这本书，无论用何种方式阅读，这都是一本令人深思的书，用这本书开始你新的一年，或是停下脚步，好好想想接下来要走的路。”—— 15 bytes
“作者从富兰克林的自传中受到启发，开始一年的坚持13项美德的计划，结果如何并不重要，尝试的过程是大开眼界、充满乐趣的。” —— O Magazine
”当你开始阅读这本现代冥想的书，你就会欲罢不能，翻到书中的任何一个章节，你都会发现诙谐与智慧。”—— 华尔街日报
“这本书是Teresa Jordan 送给读者的一份大礼，我们迫切地需要这类读物。” ——Naomi Shihab Nye
“对于美德与恶习的深刻反思，作者将其自身的经历与其他有名或无名的艺术家、思想家的传记成功融合，深入挖掘了人类存在的矛盾本质……”——Kirkus评论
• THE YEAR OF LIVING VIRTUOUSLY is the Winner of the Eric Hoffer Book Award Grand Prize
• And the Winner of the da Vinci Eye Award (for cover design)
About the Author/作者介绍： Teresa Jordan是一名艺术家兼作家，怀俄明州一个偏远的牧场长大，从小与书籍为伴，出于对学习的热爱，后来进入了耶鲁大学。其著作包括回忆录《骑着白马回家》以及两部插画日记。第一部作品《牛仔女孩》是第一批叙述在草原上工作的当代女性的著作之一。她与丈夫一起创作了《开放之路》系列。她现居南犹他州。
Teresa Jordan is an artist and author who grew up in a house full of books on an isolated ranch in Wyoming where the love of learning she acquired in the local one-room school carried her to Yale and into a lifetime of inquiry. Her books include the memoir Riding the White Horse Home and two illustrated journals, Field Notes from Yosemite: Apprentice to Place, and Field Notes from the Grand Canyon: Raging River, Quiet Mind. Her first book, Cowgirls: Women of the American West, was one of the earliest books to give voice to contemporary women working on the land. With her husband, Hal Cannon, she created the series “The Open Road” about the outback American West for public radio’s The Savvy Traveler. She now lives in southern Utah near Zion National Park.
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