Travels with Epicurus
Subtitle: a journey to a Greek island in search of a fulfilled life
By: Daniel Klein
Edition: Paperback edition.
Publisher: Penguin Books
Published: 2014
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 164
ISBN-13: 9780143126621
Subjects: Epicureans (Greek philosophy); Life; Description and travel; Épicuriens; Travel
Description: Describes how the author journeyed to Greece with a suitcase full of philosophy books in order to learn how to achieve a fulfilling old age, explaining how he came to regard old age as a life stage filled with simple and heady pleasures.
Table of contents: title: Table at Dimitri's Taverna : on seeking a philosophy of old age; title: Old Greek's olive trees : on Epicurus's philosophy of fulfillment; title: Deserted terrace : on time and worry beads; title: Tasso's rain-spattered photographs : on solitary reflection; title: Sirocco of youth's beauty : on existential authenticity; title: Tintinnabulation of sheep bells : on mellowing to metaphysics; title: Iphigenia's guest : on stoicism and old old age; title: Burning boat in Kamini Harbor : on the timeliness of spirituality; title: Returning home : on a mindful old age.