Midlife

A Philosophical Guide

Kieran Setiya (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

200 Seiten

2018
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-0-691-18328-2 (ISBN)

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How can you reconcile yourself with the lives you will never lead, with possibilities foreclosed, and with nostalgia for lost youth? How can you accept the failings of the past, the sense of futility in the tasks that consume the present, and the prospect of death that blights the future? In this self-help book with a difference, Kieran Setiya confronts the inevitable challenges of adulthood and middle age, showing how philosophy can help you thrive. You will learn why missing out might be a good thing, how options are overrated, and when you should be glad you made a mistake. You will be introduced to philosophical consolations for mortality. And you will learn what it would mean to live in the present, how it could solve your midlife crisis, and why meditation helps. Ranging from Aristotle, Schopenhauer, and John Stuart Mill to Virginia Woolf and Simone de Beauvoir, as well as drawing on Setiya’s own experience, Midlife combines imaginative ideas, surprising insights, and practical advice. Writing with wisdom and wit, Setiya makes a wry but passionate case for philosophy as a guide to life.

Kieran Setiya is professor of philosophy at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Introduction 1

1 A Brief History of the Midlife Crisis 6

2 Is That All There Is? 29

3 Missing Out 54

4 Retrospection 77

5 Something to Look Forward To 103

6 Living in the Present 127

Conclusion 155

Acknowledgments 161

Notes 163

Index 183

Erscheinungsdatum	11.09.2018
Verlagsort	New Jersey
Sprache	englisch
Maße	133 x 203 mm
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Ethik
ISBN-10	0-691-18328-7 / 0691183287
ISBN-13	978-0-691-18328-2 / 9780691183282
Zustand	Neuware