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Absurde Overvloed: Waarom Het Zo Moeilijk Is Om Gelukkig Te Worden (2010)

by Michael Foley(Favorite Author)

3.93 of 5 Votes: 1

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English

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Nonfiction

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Uitgeverij Atlas Contact

review 1: I wouldn't say that I agree with the whole content of the book. It's witty and at times challenging, as it sends you back a not so glossy and glamorous image of yourself. The author introduces himself as a non-believer but seems biased towards Buddhism which he appears to consider a pretty positive religion compared to the nonsense other religions are. As far as I'm concerned, they are all based of bs, and you shouldn't consider one above the other if you haven't studied each one profoundly.Apart from this particular misgiving, I really loved it. It is a book I will definitely reread from time to time to remember not to forget my own deficiencies and the necessity to strive to flourish.
review 2: With the pace that culture has been changing over the past few de... morecades, it easy to lose context and sink into abjectly absurd behaviours. Their description is the main thrust of The Age of Absurdity, uncovering a wide variety of peculiar modern attitudes in all spheres of human life. Foley uses witty anecdotes and aphorisms to create a concise book of wise crankiness, of quality marred but not entirely negated by the his dogmatism.In his enthusiasm for disabusing the reader of his assumed, outrageous opinions, I think Foley reveals some of his own. In particular, he is prone to fallaciously assuming a behaviour to be unique to the modern world, attacking a medium as opposed to the content created for it and blithely asserting his taste as universal. The wonderful humour of his observances adds momentum through these dubious arguments, but I still found them perturbing.I did manage to get many nuggets of wisdom despite these flaws, especially from his outstanding choices of quotes and fascinating studies. His grumbling may indeed be overly prevalent, but it hidden in his critiques are ancient and effective techniques for dealing with life's quandaries and their modern complications. They are of course difficult to enact, but one of his main points is that difficulty is its own purpose! less

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