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A Field Guide to a Happy Life: 53 Brief Lessons for Living (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781541646933)
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xA brilliant philosopher reimagines Stoicism for our modern age in this thought-provoking guide to a better life.
For more than two thousand years, Stoicism has offered a message of resilience in the face of hardship. Little wonder, then, that it is having such a revival in our own troubled times. But there is no denying how weird it can be: Is it really the case that we shouldn't care about our work, our loved ones, or our own lives? According to the old Stoics, yes.
In A Field Guide to a Happy Life, philosopher Massimo Pigliucci offers a renewed Stoicism that reflects modern science and sensibilities. Pigliucci embraces the joyful bonds of affection, the satisfactions of a job well done, and the grief that attends loss. In his hands, Stoicism isn't about feats of indifference, but about enduring pain without being overwhelmed, while enjoying pleasures without losing our heads. In short, he makes Stoicism into a philosophy all of us -- whether committed Stoics or simply seekers -- can use to live better.
Author: Massimo Pigliucci
ISBN-10: 1541646932
ISBN-13: 9781541646933
Publisher: Basic Books
Language: English
Published: 09/15/2020
Pages: 160
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.45lbs
Size: 7.10h x 5.20w x 0.80d
Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 07/15/2020
Publishers Weekly 07/27/2020
For more than two thousand years, Stoicism has offered a message of resilience in the face of hardship. Little wonder, then, that it is having such a revival in our own troubled times. But there is no denying how weird it can be: Is it really the case that we shouldn't care about our work, our loved ones, or our own lives? According to the old Stoics, yes.
In A Field Guide to a Happy Life, philosopher Massimo Pigliucci offers a renewed Stoicism that reflects modern science and sensibilities. Pigliucci embraces the joyful bonds of affection, the satisfactions of a job well done, and the grief that attends loss. In his hands, Stoicism isn't about feats of indifference, but about enduring pain without being overwhelmed, while enjoying pleasures without losing our heads. In short, he makes Stoicism into a philosophy all of us -- whether committed Stoics or simply seekers -- can use to live better.
Author: Massimo Pigliucci
ISBN-10: 1541646932
ISBN-13: 9781541646933
Publisher: Basic Books
Language: English
Published: 09/15/2020
Pages: 160
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.45lbs
Size: 7.10h x 5.20w x 0.80d
Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 07/15/2020
Publishers Weekly 07/27/2020
By Massimo Pigliucci
xMassimo Pigliucci is the K. D. Irani Professor of philosophy at the City College of New York. The author or editor of thirteen books, he has been published in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Philosophy Now, and the Philosophers' Magazine, among others. He lives in New York City
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