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Publisher
New World Library
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
When philosophy rescued him from an emotional crisis, Jules Evans became fascinated by how ideas invented over two thousand years ago can help us today. He interviewed soldiers, psychologists, gangsters, astronauts, and anarchists and discovered the ways that people are using philosophy now to build better lives. Ancient philosophy has inspired modern communities - Socrates cafés, Stoic armies, Epicurean communes - and even whole nations in the quest...
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Language
English
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The author draws on great thinkers like Confucius, Seneca, Marcus Aurelius and Christian monks to show us what stillness is and how it might be achieved. He believes stillness is the doorway to self-mastery, discipline, and focus. He examines many of the figures that exemplify the power of stillness, including Winston Churchill, Fred Rogers and Anne Frank. This book aims to equip you with everything you need to find stillness in your own life.
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
A history of the influential rivalry between Plato and Aristotle traces the Western world's ongoing battle of ideas to their competing philosophies, demonstrating how their contrasting views on everything became the twin fountainheads of Western culture.
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"The first clear and faithful guide to the timeless, practical teachings of the Stoic philosopher Seneca. Stoicism, the most influential philosophy of the Roman Empire, offers refreshingly modern ways to strengthen our inner character in the face of an unpredictable world. Widely recognized as the most talented and humane writer of the Stoic tradition, Seneca teaches us to live with freedom and purpose. His most enduring work, over a hundred "Letters...
Author
Publisher
Riverhead Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"The bestselling author of Seven Brief Lessons on Physics illuminates the nature of science through the revolutionary ideas of the Greek philosopher Anaximander Over two millennia ago, the prescient insights of Anaximander paved the way for cosmology, physics, geography, meteorology, and biology, setting in motion a new way of seeing the world. His legacy includes the revolutionary ideas that the Earth floats in a void, that animals evolved, that...
Author
Publisher
Oceano
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
Español
Description
En su nuevo libro, Stillness Is the Key, Holiday se basa en la filosofía estoica y budista atemporal para mostrar por qué reducir la velocidad es el arma secreta para quienes se adelantan. Todos los grandes líderes, pensadores, artistas, atletas y visionarios comparten una cualidad indeleble. Les permite conquistar su temperamento. Para evitar distracciones y descubrir grandes conocimientos. Para lograr la felicidad y hacer lo correcto. Ryan Holiday...
Author
Series
Very short introductions volume 32
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
2000
Language
English
Description
"Jonathan Barnes examines Aristotle's scientific researches, his discoveries in logic and his metaphysical theories, his work in psychology and in ethics and politics, and his ideas about art and poetry, placing his teachings in their historical context."--Publisher description.
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Publisher
Simon & Schuster, LLC
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"The Declaration of Independence identified "the pursuit of happiness" as one of our unalienable rights, along with life and liberty. Jeffrey Rosen, the president of the National Constitution Center, profiles six of the most influential founders--Benjamin Franklin, George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and Alexander Hamilton--to show what pursuing happiness meant in their lives. By reading the classical Greek and Roman moral...
Author
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Pub. Date
[2025]
Language
English
Description
"A new translation of selections from one of the great philosophical works about love, Plato's Symposium"--
"Explore the nature of love in this charming new translation of selections from Plato's great dramatic work, the Symposium. What is love? In poetry, songs, fiction, movies, psychology, and philosophy, love has been described, admired, lamented, and dissected in endless ways. Is love based on physical attraction? Does it bring out our better...
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Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Like many people today, Brigid Delaney was searching for answers to timeless questions: How can we be good? Find inner peace? Properly grieve? Tame our insecurities, such as the fear of missing out? Determine what truly matters? Centuries ago, the Stoics pondered many of these same questions. And so, at an important inflection point in her own life, Brigid decided to let these ancient philosophers be her guide. Brigid is rash where the Stoics are...
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