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Philosophy for Life and Other Dangerous Situations: Ancient Philosophy for Modern Problems

By Jules Evans

Book information

Publisher
New World Library
Year
2013
ISBN
1608682293, 9781608682294
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
2 MB (1841843 bytes)
Pages
320\0
Time added
2014-05-07 08:36:14

Description

When philosophy rescued him from an emotional crisis, Jules Evans became fascinated by how ideas invented over two thousand years ago can help us today. He interviewed soldiers, psychologists, gangsters, astronauts, and anarchists and discovered the ways that people are using philosophy now to build better lives. Ancient philosophy has inspired modern communities — Socratic cafés, Stoic armies, Epicurean communes — and even whole nations in the quest for the good life.This book is an invitation to a dream school with a rowdy faculty that includes twelve of the greatest philosophers from the ancient world, sharing their lessons on happiness, resilience, and much more. Lively and inspiring, this is philosophy for the street, for the workplace, for the battlefield, for love, for life.

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