This book is a user-friendly compendium of brilliant and elegant answers, crafted by sages throughout the centuries, to vital questions about how we actually live and how we might live more advantageously, for ourselves and others as well.
This book covers paramount human problems, such as: What is this life of ours really like, and is it possible that we might live our lives in more satisfying ways? What is it, after all, that is basically good, and how can I get it - and give it? What is the role of good fortune and misfortune in our lives, and what can we do about it?
Highlighting the most memorable answers to such questions, the book also correlates and illuminates these answers.
This book covers paramount human problems, such as: What is this life of ours really like, and is it possible that we might live our lives in more satisfying ways? What is it, after all, that is basically good, and how can I get it - and give it? What is the role of good fortune and misfortune in our lives, and what can we do about it?
Highlighting the most memorable answers to such questions, the book also correlates and illuminates these answers.
"A delightful journey through the bramble bush of wisdom, in which the pithy and the useful mingle with the inspired. It is a valuable mirror for our own strengths and weaknesses." (Abraham Edel, University of Pennsylvania)
"No comparable book is so exhaustive in drawing upon a universal moral heritage. Only a lifetime of reading could reap so rich a harvest." (Paul G. Kuntz, Emeritus Professor of Philosophy, Emory University)
"This is a splendid compendium of the wisdom expressed by classical and modern thinkers, East and West, often accompanied by the author's judicious and benign comments. His industry, range, and fairness are outstanding." (Paul Weiss, The Catholic University of America)
"This book is clearly the fruit of many years of reading and noting by a well-balanced philosopher. It assembles many thoughts of high value, voiced pithily and at times beautifully... (For) use among philosophers seeking to enrich their teaching of undergraduate courses on moral philosophy or on the conduct of life ... it offers a wealth of notable quotations." (Michael Marsh, Review of Metaphysics)
"No comparable book is so exhaustive in drawing upon a universal moral heritage. Only a lifetime of reading could reap so rich a harvest." (Paul G. Kuntz, Emeritus Professor of Philosophy, Emory University)
"This is a splendid compendium of the wisdom expressed by classical and modern thinkers, East and West, often accompanied by the author's judicious and benign comments. His industry, range, and fairness are outstanding." (Paul Weiss, The Catholic University of America)
"This book is clearly the fruit of many years of reading and noting by a well-balanced philosopher. It assembles many thoughts of high value, voiced pithily and at times beautifully... (For) use among philosophers seeking to enrich their teaching of undergraduate courses on moral philosophy or on the conduct of life ... it offers a wealth of notable quotations." (Michael Marsh, Review of Metaphysics)