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Philosophy For Life And Other Dangerous Situations: Ancient Philosophy For Modern Problems (2012)

by Jules Evans(Favorite Author)

4.07 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

1608682293 (ISBN13: 9781608682294)

languge

English

genre

Nonfiction

publisher

New World Library

review 1: This was a really wonderful read. The book was a thoughtfully constructed introduction to the many takes on philosophy. I appreciated it's focus on the implementation of such philosophies in every day life as it added to it's relevance. Jules creatively weaves together theories with real life personal accounts from others and himself and references some very exciting new age thinkers such as Kahnamen and Taleb. It achieved what I think Jules set out to do though, which was to leave me excited about philosophy but with more questions than answers.
review 2: This book doesn't go into detail into any single philosophy. Its just a collection of various Greek philosophies but in the end you are more confused then ever. The author tells in the first few pages that h... moreis life was saved due to this but what he essentially got was a few CBT techniques to deal with his anxiety. I wouldn't call that a philosophy of life. Moreover, in the end he reveals that he had a near death experience which caused him to reconsider his life choices and gave him a clear perspective on life. And that might have been the thing that he had always been looking for. less

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