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Gentlemen Speakeasy

ByGary Waters

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This storybook explores a rustic boy's attempt to become a gentleman, first by folly, then by soliciting advice, and finally by adopting a mindset of listening to others. The boy travels to a city to seek advice on becoming a gentleman, and through a mishap, encounters famous Western philosophers in a secret speakeasy who variously compete with one another to impress upon the boy their own particular notion of a gentleman. The boy grows ever more perplexed until he encounters Socrates, who resolves the boy's confusion by listening and questioning rather than proscribing and declaiming. The storybook reveals that the nature of a gentleman is found in mutually beneficial dialogue—such as the dialogues of Socrates—and further suggests that the lecturing employed by many philosophers, if anything, tends to lead one away from becoming a gentleman.

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Publication Date
Mar 2, 2015
Language
English
ISBN
9781312957541
Category
Children's
Copyright
All Rights Reserved - Standard Copyright License
Contributors
By (author): Gary Waters

Specifications

Pages
114
Binding
Perfect Bound
Interior Color
Color
Dimensions
US Trade (6 x 9 in / 152 x 229 mm)

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