| Call # |
100 WEI |
| Phys. Desc. |
xix, 330 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction: Departure -- 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 -- 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 -- 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. |
| Bibliog. |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-312) and index. |
| Subject |
Philosophy -- Miscellanea.
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Weiner, Eric, 1963- -- Travel.
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PHILOSOPHY / Essays. bisacsh |
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PHILOSOPHY / Individual Philosophers. bisacsh |
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TRAVEL / Essays & Travelogues. bisacsh |
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Weiner, Eric, 1963- |
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Philosophy. |
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Travel. |
| Genre |
Travel writing.
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Trivia and miscellanea.
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Travel writing. lcgft
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| ISBN |
9781501129018 |
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1501129015 |
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