A thought-provoking introduction to philosophy through 40 key ideas.
This book artfully draws together forty of the greatest and most useful ideas found in philosophy, taking us on a journey around key concepts from both Eastern and Western cultures.
Exploring relevant issues like work, love, anxiety, self-knowledge, and happiness, this essential guide reminds us of the wit, humanity, and relevance of great philosophers including Nietzsche, Heidegger, Confucius, Lao Tzu, and Buddha.
- PHILOSOPHY FOR EVERYDAY LIFE
- 40 KEY CONCEPTS presented in short, poetic chapters.
- ANCIENT WISDOM, CONTEMPORARY APPLICATION explains how philosophy is still applicable today.
- FULLY ILLUSTRATED THROUGHOUT
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A thought-provoking introduction to philosophy; spanning the history of thought in 40 key ideas.
Philosophy is a discipline committed to helping us live wiser and less sorrowful lives. This book artfully draws together forty of the greatest and most useful ideas found in philosophy, taking us on a journey around key concepts from both Eastern and Western cultures.
We are invited to sample the distinctive wisdom of Eastern philosophy via tea drinking ceremonies, walks in bamboo forests, contemplations of rivers, and ritualized flower arranging sessions. From Western culture we seek the teachings of some of the greatest minds throughout history including Machiavellianism and Stoicism.
This essential guide to philosophy reminds us of the wit, humanity, and relevance of a number of great philosophers including Nietzsche, Heidegger, Confucius, Lao Tzu, and Buddha. Essential thoughts about love, work, anxiety, self-knowledge and happiness are examined, highlighted and inspiringly presented here so they can work their consoling effect where it is most needed: in our daily lives.
Inhalt
1. Know yourself
2. Philo-sophia
3. Eudaimonia
4. Democracy
5. Eros and philia
6. 'What need is there to weep over parts of life? The whole of it calls for tears'
7. Peccatum originale
8. 'Kings and philosophers shit, and so do ladies'
9. 'All our unhappiness comes from our inability to sit alone in our room'
10. Sub specie aeternitatis
11. Machiavellianism
12. Aus so krummem Holze, als woraus der Mensch gemacht ist, kann nichts ganz Gerades gezimmert werden. ['Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made.']
13. The Hegelian dialectic of history
14. 'God is dead'
15. The Sublime
16. The Wealth of Nations
17. Existential Angst
18. Bad faith
19. The Myth of Sisyphus
20. Being and Time
21. The Vinegar-Tasters
22. Zhong/Loyalty
23. The Five Virtues
24. The life of Confucius
25. Life is suffering
26. Metta/Benevolence
27. Guanyin
28. Wu Wei/Not making an effort
29. Water as wisdom
30. Bamboo as wisdom
31. Kintsugi/Hope in brokenness
32. Wabi sabi/Loving the imperfect
33. Gongshi/Spirit stones
34. Yinshi/A recluse
35. Ikebana/Flower arranging
36. Tea ceremony
37. Haiku
38. Gravel raking
39. Mono No Aware/The pathos of things
40. Shufa/Calligraphy