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Being Happy by Epicurus, n/a
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Category: Philosophy | Series: Penguin Great Ideas Ser.
'It is impossible to live the pleasant life without also living sensibly, nobly and justly' The ancient Greek philosopher and teacher Epicurus argued that pleasure - not sensual hedonism, but the absence of pain or fear - is the highest goal of life. His hugely influential lessons on happiness are a cal ...Show more
God Is Dead. God Remains Dead. and We Have Killed Him (Penguin Great Ideas Series) by Friedrich Nietzsche
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Category: Philosophy | Series: Penguin Great Ideas Ser.
'We have left dry land and put out to sea! We have burned the bridge behind us - what is more, we have burned the land behind us!' Nietzsche's devastating demolition of religion would have seismic consequences for future generations. With God dead, he envisages a brilliant future for humanity: one in wh ...Show more
How to Be a Stoic (Penguin Great Ideas Series) by Epictetus; Seneca; Marcus Aurelius
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Category: Philosophy | Series: Penguin Great Ideas Ser.
'Don't hope that events will turn out the way you want, welcome events in whichever way they happen' How can we cope when life's events seem beyond our control? These words of consolation and inspiration from the three great Stoic philosophers - Epictetus, Seneca and Marcus Aurelius - offer ancient wisd ...Show more
One Swallow Does Not Make a Summer (Penguin Great Ideas Series) by Aristotle
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Category: Philosophy | Series: Penguin Great Ideas Ser.
'One swallow does not make a summer; neither does one day. Similarly neither can one day, or a brief space of time, make a man blessed and happy' What does it mean to be a good person? Ranging over eternal questions of right and wrong, pleasure and self-control, friendship and courage, Aristotle's lectu ...Show more
Three Japanese Buddhist Monks (Penguin Great Ideas Series) by Saigyo; Kamo no Chomei; Yoshida Kenko
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Category: Philosophy | Series: Penguin Great Ideas Ser.
'I have relinquished all that ties me to the world, but the one thing that still haunts me is the beauty of the sky' These simple, inspiring writings by three medieval Buddhist monks offer peace and wisdom amid the world's uncertainties, and are an invitation to relinquish earthly desires and instead ta ...Show more
What Is Existentialism? (Penguin Great Ideas Series) by Simone de Beauvoir
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Category: Philosophy | Series: Penguin Great Ideas Ser.
'It is possible for man to snatch the world from the darkness of absurdity' How should we think and act in the world? These writings on the human condition by one of the twentieth century's great philosophers explore the absurdity of our notions of good and evil, and show instead how we make our own des ...Show more
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