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Title Philosophy for life and other dangerous situations : ancient philosophy for modern problems / Jules Evans
Author Evans, Jules, author
Imprint Novato, California : New World Library, 2013

2 holds on first copy returned of 1 copy
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 Stadsbibl:Slottet vån 4 Filosofi och psykologi  180 engelska    MISSING  ---
Descript xiii, 301 pages : illustration ; 22 cm
Note Originally published: London : Rider Books, 2012
Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-280) and index
Morning roll call: Socrates and the art of street philosophy -- Morning session: the warriors of virtue. Epictetus and the art of maintaining control -- Musonius Rufus and the art of fieldwork -- Seneca and the art of managing expectations -- Lunch: philosophy buffet. Lunchtime lesson: Epicurus and the art of savoring the moment -- Early-afternoon session: mystics and skeptics. Heraclitus and the art of cosmic contemplation -- Pythagoras and the art of memorization and incantation -- Skeptics and the art of cultivating doubt -- Late-afternoon session: politics. Diogenes and the art of anarchy -- Plato and the art of justice -- Plutarch and the art of heroism -- Aristotle and the art of flourishing -- Graduation: Socrates and the art of departure -- Extracurricular appendices. Is Socrates overoptimistic about human reason? -- The Socratic tradition and non-Western philosophcal traditions -- Socrates and Dionysus
Subject Antikens filosofi
Filosofi -- historia -- antiken
Philosophy, Ancient
Livsföring
Conduct of life
Classmark 180
ISBN/ISSN 9781608682294 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
1608682293 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
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