- Hardcover: 545 pages
- Publisher: University Press of America (1 Oct 1993)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0819193100
- ISBN-13: 978-0819193100
- Product Dimensions: 27.3 x 19.5 x 4 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 2,035,941 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Since the eighteenth century, generations have been schooled in utopian principles proclaiming total equality as the guarantor of liberty and justice for all. The egalitarian myth of a classless society was proffered as the unquestionable path down which mankind must travel to reach perfect social harmony. This book does much to shatter these myths and provide a Catholic approach to the way society should be structured as seen by the Popes.
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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful
A feast for the eyes and the soul, this book is a must-read.
26 May 1996
Format:Hardcover
It is fantastic!
I have read it through and through, and constantly consult it for its excellent appendices.
"Nobility" combines a magnificent coffee-table book presention with scholarly content. This masterpiece will open your eyes to the shrouded reality of elites in America. The guiding priniples of outstanding leadership, of nobility, and everyone's duty to seek perfection are clearly laid out.
The ultimate basis to understand the role of the nobility and authentic elites is to be found in the Divine mandate of Jesus Christ, "Be thou perfect as thy heavenly father is perfect." For those who are Jewish, God said to Moses "Walk in my presence and be perfect."
For while it is true that all men are called to be virtuous and moral, the class which has most closely approached this ideal is the noble class. Even if today those from this class perhaps do not live up to their high calling, one should remember that nobility is an ideal that all should strive to reach.
This book is inspiring. It will change forever the way you think about one of the most explosive topics of our time: Elites. Read it. It may well convert you.
I have read it through and through, and constantly consult it for its excellent appendices.
"Nobility" combines a magnificent coffee-table book presention with scholarly content. This masterpiece will open your eyes to the shrouded reality of elites in America. The guiding priniples of outstanding leadership, of nobility, and everyone's duty to seek perfection are clearly laid out.
The ultimate basis to understand the role of the nobility and authentic elites is to be found in the Divine mandate of Jesus Christ, "Be thou perfect as thy heavenly father is perfect." For those who are Jewish, God said to Moses "Walk in my presence and be perfect."
For while it is true that all men are called to be virtuous and moral, the class which has most closely approached this ideal is the noble class. Even if today those from this class perhaps do not live up to their high calling, one should remember that nobility is an ideal that all should strive to reach.
This book is inspiring. It will change forever the way you think about one of the most explosive topics of our time: Elites. Read it. It may well convert you.
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
The book is an excelent document for all the ages public.
23 Aug 1998
Format:Hardcover
The book of Prof. Plinio Correa de Oliveira is a great investigation about Nobility and elites. The hispanic and north america society has a important document with great pictures and pages about the catholic vision of the aristocratic class in the new continent.
Alonso Xaramillo de Andrade, Noble a fuero de España.
15 of 18 people found the following review helpful
The Most Essential Book in My Library
20 July 1999
Format:Hardcover
The BEST 30 dollars a man could spend in his lifetime. Professor Oliveira's book is a lonely but bright light in the sea of modern darkness we live in. What's the TRUTH about Nobility? Well, part of it is that it's not class struggle. Part of it is that a Nobleman is not a member of a socio-economic class... he is an organ of an Order. These are the truths of our Humanity, and in "Nobility" they are expressed with the utmost clarity, and through superb insight.
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