Solomon, Robert C.,  1942-2007 <br/><br/>
The joy of philosophy :  thinking thin versus the passionate life / 
Robert C. Solomon. 
 - Oxford ;  New York :  Oxford University Press,  2003. 
 - xiii, 269 p. ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/> Originally published: 1999. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-264) and index. 
<br/><br/>Introduction: Philosophy through Thick and Thin (Being and Nothing Less) ; The Passionate Life ; The Politics of Emotion ; Justice, Sympathy, and Vengeance ; The Tragic Sense of Life ; Thinking Death in the Face: Death Fetishism, Morbid Solipsism ; Recovering Personal Identity 
<br/><br/> In this work, Robert Solomon tries to put the fun back in philosophy, beginning with a re-evaluation of Socrates and the nature of philosophy and defending the passionate life in contrast to the calm life of thoughtful contemplation so often held up as an ideal by traditional philosophers. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0195165403 9780195165401 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>GBA3-X8189 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Philosophy.<br/>Filosofía
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>B 72  / S689j 2003 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>100