| ISBN |
9781250759887 (paperback) |
| Name |
Devillairs, Laurence author. |
| Uniform title |
Guérir la vie par la philosophie. English |
| Title |
The philosophy cure : lessons on living from the great philosophers / Laurence Devillairs ; translated by Jesse Browner. |
| Edition |
First U.S. edition. |
| Published |
New York : St. Martin's Essentials, 2020. |
| ©2020 |
| Description |
xi, 224 pages ; 21 cm. |
| Notes |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Machine generated contents note: AFFLICTIONS OF THE BODY -- Beautiful, Fat, Ugly, and Skinny -- The Last Act Is Tragic -- Nothing Is More Despicable Than Illness -- Suffering -- Aging -- Tobacco, Alcohol, and Addiction -- Hunger: The Dietetics of Pleasure -- Afflictions of the Brain -- AFFLICTIONS OF THE SOUL -- Living -- Daily Life -- Akrasia, or the Counterfeit Disease -- Burnout -- Good Company, Bad Company: "Man Is Wolf to Man" -- Fear and Trembling -- Love -- Love at First Sight -- Opium Smokers -- Regrets and Remorse -- THE WORRIES OF EVERYDAY LIFE -- Money -- Neighborhood Problems -- The Bore, the Pygmalion, and the Soliloquist -- (Other People's) Children, Friends, and Family -- Bosses and Colleagues -- Getting Wet at the Pool, and Other Things You Can't Change -- AFFLICTIONS OF THE MIND, TEMPORARY AND CHRONIC -- Depression, Melancholy, Taedium Vitae, or Acedia -- Envy, Jealousy, and Schadenfreude -- LIFE's LITTLE ACCIDENTS -- Mistakes, Sins, and a Guilty Conscience -- |
| Contents note continued: Failure, Defeat, and Bankruptcy -- BORDERLINE CASES -- Identity Disorders: Shame and Narcissism -- Madness -- Solitude and Isolation -- Suicide -- CURIOUS THEORIES -- Sports Make You Antisocial -- Gathering No Moss -- Man Is a Hunting Dog Like Any Other -- Growing Plants and Perfume -- Pedantry and Donkey's Milk -- Happiness in the Moment Is the Happiness of a Cow -- The Transitional Object -- Learning to Understand Love by Watching Comedies -- Animal Philosophies. |
| Summary |
"The wisdom of famous philosophers distilled into practical takeaways for modern readers For centuries, philosophers have considered the "big questions" of human life, mulling over everything from ethics to the definition of reality. Their ideas and insights are powerful and innovative, but often inaccessible and far too academic for most readers. In The Philosophy Cure: Lessons on Living from the Great Philosophers, scholar and expert on Cartesian philosophy, Laurence Devillairs has stripped away the convoluted language, translating the core ideas and wisdom of some of the most prominent philosophers into simple concepts for modern readers. She skillfully reveals that far from being impractical or distantly academic, philosophy is, at its heart, a deeply useful discipline ultimately concerned with what it means to live a good and fulfilling life. Perfect for readers who are intrigued with philosophy, but who are uninterested in reading dense academic texts, The Philosophy Cure reveals the true wisdom of the best-known philosophers-from Socrates to Kant and Descartes"-- |
| Subjects |
Conduct of life |
| Life |
| Ethics |
| Philosophy |
| Other Names |
Browner, Jesse translator. |
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