Emily A. Austin (Professor of Philosophy, Professor of Philosophy,

Living for Pleasure

An Epicurean Guide to Life

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Emily Austin walks readers through exactly how Epicureanism might help them in daily life in practical, practicable ways: valuing friendships, giving advice, combatting imposter syndrome, pursuing life goals, and thinking about everything from dinner parties to sex, drugs, dying, and disease.

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Produktdetails

• Guides to the Good Life
• Verlag: Oxford University Press Inc
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Februar 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 182mm x 133mm x 31mm
• Gewicht: 332g
• ISBN-13: 9780197558324
• ISBN-10: 0197558321
• Artikelnr.: 64136938

Autorenporträt

Emily A. Austin is Professor of Philosophy at Wake Forest University. She earned her Ph.D. from Washington University in St. Louis, specializing in Ancient Greek Philosophy.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1: Maybe We're Doing It Wrong
Chapter 2: Epicureanism, The Original Cast
Chapter 3: Happiness, Theirs and Ours
Chapter 4: Why Hedonism?
Chapter 5: What do you want?
Chapter 6: The Fourfold Remedy
Chapter 7: Why Can't We Be Friends?
Chapter 8: Let Me Be Frank
Chapter 9: Why Be Just?
Chapter 10: Imposter Syndrome
Chapter 11: Living Unnoticed: Politics and Power
Chapter 12: Living Unnoticed: The Tyranny of the 'Like'
Chapter 13: Wealth and What it Costs
Chapter 14: Ambition, Work, and Success
Chapter 15: Greed for Life
Chapter 16: Misfortune and Resilience
Chapter 17: Of Sex, Love, and Harmless Pleasure
Chapter 18: Building the Tranquil Child
Chapter 19: Drugs and Other Short Cuts
Chapter 20: Foodies, Dinner Parties, and Wine Snobs
Chapter 21: Science and Anxiety
Chapter 22: That Old Time Religion
Chapter 23: Experiencing Death
Chapter 24: Pandemics and Other Comforting Horrors
Chapter 25: On Practicing Epicureanism