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The Socrates express : in search of life lessons from dead philosophers  Cover Image Book Book

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

Weiner, Eric, 1963- (author.).

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  • ISBN: 9781501129018
  • Physical Description: xix, 330 pages ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First Avid Reader Press hardcover edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Avid Reader Press, 2020.

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Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-312) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Introduction: Departure -- 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 -- 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 -- 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.
Subject: Philosophy > Miscellanea.
Weiner, Eric, 1963- > Travel.
Genre: Travel writing.

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250 . ‡aFirst Avid Reader Press hardcover edition.
264 1. ‡aNew York : ‡bAvid Reader Press, ‡c2020.
300 . ‡axix, 330 pages ; ‡c24 cm
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5050 . ‡aIntroduction: Departure -- 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 -- 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 -- 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.
520 . ‡aRetraces 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.
504 . ‡aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 303-312) and index.
650 0. ‡aPhilosophy ‡vMiscellanea.
60010. ‡aWeiner, Eric, ‡d1963- ‡xTravel.
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