Examined Lives

Twelve Great Thinkers and the Search for Wisdom, from Socrates to Nietzsche

Prof. James Miller (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

432 Seiten

2018
Oneworld Publications (Verlag)
9781786072672 (ISBN)

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Learn how to live from history’s greatest thinkers

Socrates • Plato • Diogenes • Aristotle • Seneca • Augustine • Montaigne • Descartes • Rousseau • Kant • Emerson • Nietzsche

Who are we? How should we live? Professor James Miller introduces twelve great philosophers who dedicated their lives to answering these questions. From Plato, who risked his reputation to tutor a tyrant, to Seneca, the philosopher of temperance who accumulated one of the greatest fortunes in Rome, to Kant, who privately wrestled with hypochondria while publicly advocating arch-rationality, each had a unique approach to examining life. Here is a fascinating insight into the ideals that have guided us for centuries, and those who have fought passionately to live up to them.

James Miller is professor of politics and liberal studies, and faculty director of the MA in creative publishing and critical journalism at the New School for Social Research. He lives in New York.

Erscheinungsdatum	22.02.2018
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	129 x 198 mm
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie
ISBN-13	9781786072672 / 9781786072672
Zustand	Neuware