Join local author and artist, Teresa Jordan, for a reading and signing of her new book, The Year of Living Virtuously: Weekends Off.
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.
Places in the signing line are reserved for those who purchase a copy of The Year of Living Virtuously from The King's English.
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