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This 5 page report discusses The Needs of Strangers (originally published in 1985) and how Ignatieff offers his readers a new way of looking at the people who have been thought of as some of the “great thinkers” of the world. The book’s four essays demonstrate the ways in which those individuals made every effort to live by the ideas they presented. In the process, Ignatieff also offers a vision into what it means to be human and to consider the ways in which one’s own life serves as a reflection of a personal philosophy regarding the “art” of being human. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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looking at the people who have been thought of as some of the "great thinkers" of the world, ranging from Augustine, Adam Smith, to Simone Weil. The books essays demonstrate
the ways in which those individuals made every effort to live by the ideas they presented. In the process, Ignatieff also offers a vision into what it means to be
human and to consider the ways in which ones own life serves as a reflection of a personal philosophy regarding the "art" of being human. Ignatieff explains that: "Being human
is an accomplishment like playing an instrument. It takes practice. The keys must be mastered. The old score must be committed to memory. It is a skill we can forget.
A little noise can make us forget the notes" (PG). He then presents the ways in which the subjects of the book understood such truths. It is worth noting that
the Canadian-born, 54-year old Ignatieff currently serves as the director of Harvard Universitys Carr Center for Human Rights Policy. Prior to that position he had been a international-traveling journalist.
What becomes clear as one reads the book is that certain fundamental considerations -- community, justice, democracy, -- are intrinsic to the needs of all human beings and must be
translated into the politics and philosophies of modern life. He emphasizes the need that humans feel to "belong" to a particular group and feel that they are with others who
truly understand them. Perhaps another key feature that should be considered in terms of both the subjects of is essays and the modern world is what factors and characteristics influenced
people such as Rousseau or Adam Smith and made them think and act as they did. Then, what are the factors that influence, govern, and direct the thinking and actions
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