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02322cam a2200361 a 4500 001 2AFCB2822B1111DE9FAE8B08A8D7520A 003 SILO 005 20200118010508 008 070628s2007 nyuab b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2007027054 020 $a 1402743440 020 $a 9781402743443 040 $a DLC $c DLC $d SILO $d BAKER $d BTCTA $d YDXCP $d JED $d IF9 $d DLC $d SILO 050 00 $a BJ1481 $b .M358 2007 082 00 $a 170/.44 $2 22 100 1 $a Marinoff, Lou. 245 1 $a The middle way : $b finding happiness in a world of extremes / $c Lou Marinoff. 260 $a New York : $b Sterling Pub., $c c2007. 300 $a xiii, 626 p. : $b ill., maps ; $c 24 cm. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (p. 597-620) and index. 505 0 $a Globalization and its discontents : convergence and conflict of four civilizations -- Aristotle's golden mean : attaining excellence and happiness amidst unreason -- Buddha's middle way : creating value and compassion amidst suffering -- Confucius's balanced order : restoring harmony and virtue amidst discord -- ABC geometry : golden mean, middle way, balanced order are deeply related -- Political extremes : polarized America and the absence of a common good -- Sacred and profane extremes : blind faith versus deaf doubt -- Tribal extremes : natural dispersion and cultural commingling in the global village -- Pandora's extremes : the politicization of sex difference -- Cognitive extremes : oral, written, visual, and digital traditions -- Educational extremes : global lag and the American gulag -- Economic extremes : overabundance and dire dearth -- Totemic extremes : mcfoods, mcdrugs, and brave new mcworlds -- Middle Eastern extremes : stinging scorpions and free figs -- Terrorist extremes : bombed if we do, and bombed if we don't -- Importing the ABCs into your life : exporting them into your environment. 650 0 $a Happiness. 650 0 $a Happiness $x Social aspects. 650 0 $a Civilization $x Philosophy. 600 0 $a Aristotle. 600 0 $a Gautama Buddha. 600 0 $a Confucius. 941 $a 4 952 $l USUX851 $d 20160824034904.0 952 $l ORAX826 $d 20150507012539.0 952 $l KSPG296 $d 20090701080000.0 952 $l CAPH522 $d 20090701080000.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=2AFCB2822B1111DE9FAE8B08A8D7520AInitiate Another SILO Locator Search