Mark Vernon

Use Philosophy to be Happier (eBook, ePUB)

30 Steps to Perfect the Art of Living

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Happiness. We all want it - but how can we get it? Author Mark Vernon has solved the problem by collecting the wisdom of the greatest minds in history and making their thinking on the important things in life accessible and, above all, practical. Full of everyday examples to make sometimes high-blown philosophy entertaining and relevant, this book shows you how you can crack the secret to living The Good Life.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Murray Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. April 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781444190243
• Artikelnr.: 39270064

Autorenporträt

Mark Vernon is an author and journalist. He's written books on friendship, wellbeing, belief, science and the philosophy of the everyday. His articles and reviews on religious, philosophical and ethical themes have appeared in many newspapers and magazines, including the Guardian, Evening Standard and TLS. He has a degree in physics, theology and philosophy, regularly contributes to debates and festivals, and is a founding member of The School of Life in London. He played on the left wing for Socrates Wanderers in the 2010 Philosophers' Football Match.

Inhaltsangabe

* : 1. Anger
the discomforting opportunity * : 2. Art
beyond consumption * : 3. Beauty
as a guide in life * : 4. Community
or the ties that free us * : 5. Earth
our island home * : 6. Forgiveness
and having a future * : 7. Freedom
by giving stuff up * : 8. Friendship
its perils and promise * : 9. Gratitude
and the surprise called life * : 10. Hope
and the courage to be * : 11. Humour
its humanity and humility * : 12. Individuality
not individualism * : 13. Love
or how to be seriously promiscuous * : 14. Me
being true to yourself * : 15. Meaning
or why it's good to talk * : 16. Money
our frozen desire * : 17. Mourning
and avoiding depression * : 18. Music
and learning from mistakes * : 19. Pets
and the value of strangers * : 20. Religion
or filling the God-shaped hole * : 21. Responsibility
and what's true for you * : 22. Seeing
a lesson in looking at the world * : 23. Sex
and what makes it good * : 24. Stillness
its intensification of life * : 25. Stories
and expanding your moral imagination * : 26. Tolerance
or the wisdom of others * : 27. Uncertainty
and the value of doubt * : 28. Wisdom
also called love's knowledge * : 29. Wonder
in the ordinary * : 30. Work
and becoming what you are