Edition |
First Avid Reader Press hardcover edition |
ISBN |
9781501129018 (hardback) |
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1501129015 (hardback) |
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9781982152093 paperback |
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1982152095 paperback |
Descript |
xix, 330 pages ; 24 cm |
Content |
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 |
Note |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [303]-312) and index |
Subject |
Philosophy -- Miscellanea
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Weiner, Eric, 1963- -- Travel
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