Screen LibraryThe Socrates express : in search of life lessons from dead philosophers /
Retraces the journeys of forefront intellectuals from Epicurus and Gandhi to Thoreau and Beauvoir to illuminate how their practical and spiritual lessons can be applied in today's unsettled world.
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Avid Reader Press,
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| Publisher Address: | New York : |
| Publication Dates: | 2020. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | First Avid Reader Press hardcover edition. |
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| Summary: |
Retraces the journeys of forefront intellectuals from Epicurus and Gandhi to Thoreau and Beauvoir to illuminate how their practical and spiritual lessons can be applied in today's unsettled world. |
| Carrier Form: | xix, 330 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [303]-312) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781501129018 1501129015 |
| Index Number: | B68 |
| CLC: | B0-49 |
| Call Number: | B0-49/W423 |
| Contents: | Introduction : Departure -- Part One: Dawn. How to get out of bed like Marcus Aurelius -- How to wonder like Socrates -- How to walk like Rousseau -- How to see like Thoreau -- How to listen like Schopenhauer -- Part Two: Noon. How to enjoy like Epicuru |