The philosophical life
Subtitle: twelve great thinkers and the search for wisdom : from Socrates to Nietzsche
By: James Miller
Publisher: Oneworld
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Richmond
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781851689569; 9781851688678
Subjects: Philosophers; Biography
Description: Before the good life was reduced to a bottle of Prozac, philosophers offered arresting answers to the most fundamental questions about who we are and what makes a life worth living. In The Philosophical Life, James Miller returns to this vibrant tradition with short, lively biographies of twelve famous philosophers, examining the interplay of their life and thought. From Plato, who risked his reputation to tutor a tyrant, to Nietzsche who tried to get to grips with the human condition before lapsing into catatonic madness, Miller lays out the lives and thought of our greatest thinkers with flair and rich anecdote.
Notes: Originally published: 2012.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Socrates; title: Plato; title: Diogenes; title: Aristotle; title: Seneca [the Younger]; title: Augustine [of Hippo]; title: [Michel de] Montaigne; title: [René] Descartes; title: [Jean-Jacques] Rousseau; title: [Immanuel] Kant; title: [Ralph Waldo] Emerson; title: [Friedrich] Nietzsche.