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This collection provides a panoramic view of practical philosophical insight, ranging across a spectrum of humanistic themes. These essays cast light on our perennially imperfect human condition.

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This collection provides a panoramic view of practical philosophical insight, ranging across a spectrum of humanistic themes. These essays cast light on our perennially imperfect human condition. They are written from the complementary standpoints of a classical liberal scholar with one foot planted in the academy, and of a peripatetic pioneer whom The New York Times called the world's most successful marketer of philosophical counseling. Thes...

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Describes some of the major traditions and contributors to philosophy, and explains how knowledge of their insights can help in dealing with such major issues as right and wrong, suffering, love, hate, spirituality, and change"--

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On Human Conflict excavates the cavernous philosophical foundations of war and peace. The magnum opus is bracketed by the author's experience of the Cuban missile crisis as a schoolboy, and his witnessing of 9/11 as an adult. It studies the human species with an admixture of evolutionary insight, free-ranging horror, and heavily-guarded optimism. It is also the uncensored voice of a conservative philosopher who dares to speak his mind on conte...

Un libro diferente que, con sencillez, nos acerca al pensamiento de grandes filósofos como Platón, Sócrates o Kant y demuestra que la filosofía puede ser una opción para lograr una vida más satisfactoria. ¿Puede la filosofía combatir los problemas y dificultades cotidianos? Esto es precisamente lo que propone Más Platón y menos Prozac aplicar la filosofía a nuestro sistema de vida para alcanzar un mayor equilibrio interior. Se trata de conside...

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Lou Marinoff es profesor de Filosofía en el City College de Nueva York así como presidente fundador de la American Philosophical Practitioners Association (APPA), preocupado por acercar la filosofía a la vida cotidiana de todo el mundo. Otro best seller de Lou Marinoff en el que este recurre, una vez más, a la inspiración de algunos grandes pensadores de la Historia (en este caso Aristóteles, Buda y Confucio) para afrontar los problemas de la ...

If you're facing a dilemma -- whether it's handling a relationship, living ethically, dealing with a career change, or finding meaning in life -- the world's most important thinkers from centuries past will help guide you toward a solution compatible with your individual beliefs. From Kirkegaard's thoughts on coping with death to the I Ching's guidelines on adapting to change, Plato, Not Prozac! makes philosophy accessible and shows you how to...

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Che senso ha la vita? Perché sono qui? Perché dovrei fare la cosa giusta? E che cos'è la cosa giusta? Sono domande tutt'altro che facili. Ma alcune delle menti più brillanti della storia hanno lasciato idee e linee di condotta per il nostro benessere psicologico. Le concezioni di Platone sul bene e sul male, il consiglio di Aristotele di seguire in ogni situazione ragione e moderazione, i pensieri di Kierkegaard sulla morte, la saggezza tradiz...

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¿Puede la filosofía combatir los problemas y dificultades cotidianos? Lou Marinoff entiende la filosofía como una forma de vida más que como una disciplina, y nos propone recurrir a ella para alcanzar un mayor equilibrio interior. Más Platón y menos Prozac recurre a los más importantes filósofos de la historia ¿Platón, Sócrates o Kant, entre otros¿ para encarar las principales cuestiones de la vida, como el amor, la ética, los otros, la muerte...

From Kierkegaard's thoughts on coping with death to the I Ching's guidelines on adapting to change, this book makes philosophy accessible for use in solving everyday problems. Whether the task at hand is handling a relationship, living ethically, dealing with a career change, or finding meaning in life, the writings of the world's most important thinkers give readers ideas for solutions that are compatible with their own personal beliefs.ik9 C...