Weiner, Eric J., 1967-

The Socrates express : in search of life lessons from dead philosophers / Eric Weiner. - First Avid Reader Press hardcover edition - New York : Avid Reader Press, 2020. - xix, 330 pages ; 24 cm.

Introduction : Departure
Part One: 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
Part Two: 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
Part Three: 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

Retraces 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.

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Filosofía

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