Finite Perfection: Reflections on Virture

A philosophical essay on personal virtue of self-control, artistry, and love. A contemporary account of how virtue can have significance in a world that has lost the certainty of common and collective meanings. The author stresses the importance of the solitary self in a society whose great philosophers such as Rene Descarte, Rodolph Otto, Nietzche, and Aristotle are devoted to the community. It is important to remind ourselves that the individual is the source of all agency, all joy, all suffering.