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The Socrates express : in search of life lessons from dead philosophers / Eric Weiner.

By: Language: eng Publication details: New York : Avid Reader Press, 2020.Edition: First Avid Reader Press hardcover editionDescription: xix, 330 pages ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781501129018
  • 1501129015
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • B 68 W423s 2020
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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Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Humanidades Humanidades (4to. Piso) B 68 W423s 2020 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000174436

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

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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