Examined lives
Subtitle: from Socrates to Nietzsche
By: James Miller
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 422
ISBN-13: 9780374150853
Description: We all want to know how to live. But before the good life was reduced to ten easy steps or a prescription from the doctor, it was the philosophers who offered arresting answers to the most fundamental questions about who we are and what makes for a life worth living. Here, James Miller returns to this vibrant tradition with short, lively biographies of twelve famous philosophers. With a flair for paradox and rich anecdote, this is a book that confirms the continuing relevance of philosophy today--and explores the most urgent questions about what it means to live a good life.--From publisher description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p.         ) and index.
Table of contents: title: Socrates; title: Plato; title: Diogenes; title: Aristotle; title: Seneca; title: Augustine; title: Montaigne; title: Descartes; title: Rousseau; title: Kant; title: Emerson; title: Nietzsche.