| Sumario: | In his philosophical history of moderate thought, Aurelian Crăiuțu searches for the common thread connecting thinkers from various historical and political contexts. Instead of attempting to determine the principal traits of political moderation by extrapolating a theoretical model from their works, the author chooses to present each author's perspective as shaped by the political horizon of his age. He closely follows the relationship between their ideas and their careers, seeing moderation as a chiefly pragmatic quality that has little to do with abstract political and philosophical theories. In addition to the scholarly purpose of the book, Crăiuțu aims to counteract the proliferation of extremist movements in the contemporary world by returning to more nuanced perspectives promoting a prudent and skeptical manner of conducting politics.
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