The Socrates express : in search of life lessons from dead philosophers / Eric Weiner.
Title:
The Socrates express : in search of life lessons from dead philosophers / Eric Weiner.
ISBN:
9781501129018
9781982152093
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Edition:
First Avid Reader Press hardcover edition.
Publication Information:
New York : Avid Reader Press, [2020]
©2020
Physical Description:
xix, 330 pages ; 24 cm
Contents:
Introduction : Departure -- Part One: Dawn. How to get out of bed like Marcus Aurelius -- How to wonder like Socrates -- How to walk like Rousseau -- How to see like Thoreau -- How to listen like Schopenhauer -- Part Two: Noon. How to enjoy like Epicurus -- How to pay attention like Simone Weil -- How to fight like Gandhi -- How to be kind like Confucius -- How to appreciate the small things like Sei Shōnagon -- Part Three: Dusk. How to have no regrets like Nietzsche -- How to cope like Epictetus -- How to grow old like Beauvoir -- How to die like Montaigne -- Epilogue : Arrival.
Summary:
Retraces the journeys of forefront intellectuals from Epicurus and Gandhi to Thoreau and Beauvoir to illuminate how their practical and spiritual lessons can be applied in today's unsettled world.
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OCLC Number:
on1184037372
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