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Live Like A Philosopher: What the Ancient Greeks and Romans Can Teach Us About Living a Happy Life
What does life truly mean? Who do I want to become? And how do I get there?
These are some of life's biggest questions that are hard to think through. Fortunately, a group of philosophers from ancient Greece and Rome have already done a lot of the heavy lifting. In Live Like A Philosopher you will learn about the lives and theories of nine key philosophers with practical tips on how each philosopher can help you navigate the highs and lows of modern life.
From finding balance with Aristotle and embracing uncertainty with Cicero to understanding yourself and your priorities better with Socrates, this is a powerful toolkit to help you figure out how to make your life the best you can live.
These are some of life's biggest questions that are hard to think through. Fortunately, a group of philosophers from ancient Greece and Rome have already done a lot of the heavy lifting. In Live Like A Philosopher you will learn about the lives and theories of nine key philosophers with practical tips on how each philosopher can help you navigate the highs and lows of modern life.
From finding balance with Aristotle and embracing uncertainty with Cicero to understanding yourself and your priorities better with Socrates, this is a powerful toolkit to help you figure out how to make your life the best you can live.
401 pages, Kindle Edition
Published January 7, 2025
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About the author
Massimo Pigliucci
88 books1,162 followersMassimo Pigliucci is an author, blogger, podcaster, as well as the K.D. Irani Professor of Philosophy at the City College of New York.
His academic work is in evolutionary biology, philosophy of science, the nature of pseudoscience, and practical philosophy. His books include How to Be a Stoic: Using Ancient Philosophy to Live a Modern Life (Basic Books) and Nonsense on Stilts: How to Tell Science from Bunk (University of Chicago Press).
His new book is Beyond Stoicism: A Guide to the Good Life with Stoics, Skeptics, Epicureans, and Other Ancient Philosophers (The Experiment).
His academic work is in evolutionary biology, philosophy of science, the nature of pseudoscience, and practical philosophy. His books include How to Be a Stoic: Using Ancient Philosophy to Live a Modern Life (Basic Books) and Nonsense on Stilts: How to Tell Science from Bunk (University of Chicago Press).
His new book is Beyond Stoicism: A Guide to the Good Life with Stoics, Skeptics, Epicureans, and Other Ancient Philosophers (The Experiment).
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February 1, 2025
‘What the Ancient Greeks and Romans can Teach Us About Living a Happy Life’.
What makes for a happy life?
The attempts to answer this question have led to many a ‘philosophy of life’.
One can imagine why determining what can make a person happy may be seen as dependent on one’s view of the right way to live - pursuing the right things, avoiding the wrong ones - one’s view of how the world works, and how humans fit into it, and (most importantly) how it is that one should live.
Choosing (or developing) a philosophy of life - a framework guiding one’s thoughts, attitudes, and actions - can provide one with a set of principles with which to align one’s goals, which can make a significant contribution to the strength of one’s sense of meaning in life.
In Live Like a Philosopher, the authors provide the rationale behind the answer to the question of how to live a good life from the perspective of each of 13 Greco-Roman philosophies. They also provide the reader - or the listener, for those using the audiobook - with a set of exercises (roughly a week’s worth of them, for each philosophy) to determine whether or not they would like to adopt a given philosophy as a way of life.
What makes for a happy life?
The attempts to answer this question have led to many a ‘philosophy of life’.
One can imagine why determining what can make a person happy may be seen as dependent on one’s view of the right way to live - pursuing the right things, avoiding the wrong ones - one’s view of how the world works, and how humans fit into it, and (most importantly) how it is that one should live.
Choosing (or developing) a philosophy of life - a framework guiding one’s thoughts, attitudes, and actions - can provide one with a set of principles with which to align one’s goals, which can make a significant contribution to the strength of one’s sense of meaning in life.
In Live Like a Philosopher, the authors provide the rationale behind the answer to the question of how to live a good life from the perspective of each of 13 Greco-Roman philosophies. They also provide the reader - or the listener, for those using the audiobook - with a set of exercises (roughly a week’s worth of them, for each philosophy) to determine whether or not they would like to adopt a given philosophy as a way of life.
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