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Examined lives : from Socrates to Nietzsche

Author: Jim Miller
Publisher: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2011.
Edition/Format:   Print book : Biography : English : 1st edView all editions and formats
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We all want to know how to live. But before the good life was reduced to ten easy steps or a prescription from the doctor, it was the philosophers who offered arresting answers to the most fundamental questions about who we are and what makes for a life worth living. Here, James Miller returns to this vibrant tradition with short, lively biographies of twelve famous philosophers. With a flair for paradox and rich  Read more...
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Genre/Form: Biography
Material Type: Biography
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Jim Miller
ISBN: 9780374150853 0374150850
OCLC Number: 607084159
Description: 422 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents: Socrates --
Plato --
Diogenes --
Aristotle --
Seneca --
Augustine --
Montaigne --
Descartes --
Rousseau --
Kant --
Emerson --
Nietzsche.
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We all want to know how to live. But before the good life was reduced to ten easy steps or a prescription from the doctor, it was the philosophers who offered arresting answers to the most fundamental questions about who we are and what makes for a life worth living. Here, James Miller returns to this vibrant tradition with short, lively biographies of twelve famous philosophers. With a flair for paradox and rich anecdote, this is a book that confirms the continuing relevance of philosophy today--and explores the most urgent questions about what it means to live a good life.--From publisher description.

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