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  • Philosophy for Life and Other Dangerous Situations

    Ancient Philosophy for Modern Problems

    by Jules Evans ...
    When philosophy rescued him from an emotional crisis, Jules Evans became fascinated by how ideas invented over two thousand years ago can help us today. He interviewed soldiers, psychologists, gangsters, astronauts, and anarchists and discovered the ways that people are using philosophy now to build better lives. Ancient philosophy has inspired modern communities — Socratic cafés, Stoic armies, ... Read more

    $10.69 USD

  • The Art of Losing Control

    A Philosopher's Search for Ecstatic Experience

    by Jules Evans ...
    Since the Enlightenment, western culture has written off ecstatic experience as a form of mental illness. But why should rationality be considered the highest part of human nature when we are capable of so many more states of experience?Piecing together interviews, analysis of ancient and modern philosophy, and his own eclectic encounters with the sublime, philosopher Jules Evans mounts an ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • Breaking Open

    Finding a Way Through Spiritual Emergency

    Edited by Jules Evans, Tim Read ...
    The first book in which people discuss their own spiritual emergencies and share what helped them through. Our authors are the experts of their own experience, and they share their wild journeys with courage, insight and poetry. There are fascinating parallels in their experiences, suggesting minds in extremis go to similar places. These are beautiful postcards from the edge of human consciousness ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • Audiobook

    Philosophy For Life

    And Other Dangerous Situations

    by Jules Evans ...
    Narrated by John Voce ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours 49 min

    This audiobook is an invitation to a dream school with a faculty that includes 12 of the greatest philosophers from the ancient world, sharing their lessons in happiness, resilience and much more. Discover how soldiers, psychologists, gangsters, astronauts, anarchists and others use these ideas today. Lively and powerful, this is philosophy for the street, for the workplace, for the battlefield, ... Read more

    $24.99 USD

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    by Seneca, Tobias Reinhardt ...
    Translated by John Davie ...
    Series series Oxford World's Classics
    'No man is crushed by misfortune unless he has first been deceived by prosperity.' In these dialogues and essays the Stoic philosopher Seneca outlines his thoughts on how to live in a troubled world. Tutor to the young emperor Nero, Seneca wrote exercises in practical philosophy that draw upon contemporary Roman life and illuminate the intellectual concerns of the day. They also have much to say ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Stoicism, Enkrasia and Happiness

    How Stoic Philosophy Can Bring Happiness

    by John L. Bowman ...
    This book is about the philosophy of Stoicism and how it can help people achieve greater personal happiness. There are many ways of living and thinking that lead to unhappiness. These ways are paradigms for unhappiness that can cause people to pursue false gods. Some struggle trying to make reality adjust to them rather than adjusting themselves to reality; some invest their happiness in ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • Stoicism and the Art of Happiness

    Practical wisdom for everyday life: embrace perseverance, strength and happiness with stoic philosophy

    by Donald Robertson ...
    This new guide to finding a happier way of life draws on the ancient wisdom of the stoics to reveal lasting truths and proven strategies for enhanced wellbeing. By learning what stoicism is, you can revolutionise your life, learning how to - properly - 'seize the day', how to cope in the face of adversity, and how to come to terms with whatever situation you're in ... Read more

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  • A Guide to the Good Life: The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy

    The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy

    by William B. Irvine ...
    One of the great fears many of us face is that despite all our effort and striving, we will discover at the end that we have wasted our life. In A Guide to the Good Life, William B. Irvine plumbs the wisdom of Stoic philosophy, one of the most popular and successful schools of thought in ancient Rome, and shows how its insight and advice are still remarkably applicable to modern lives. In A Guide ... Read more

    $14.29 USD

  • How To Stubbornly Refuse To Make Yourself Miserable About Anything-yes, Anything!,

    Revised And Updated

    by Albert Ellis ...
    “No other individual—not even Freud himself—has had a greater impact on modern psychotherapy.” —Psychology TodayAll of us worry about something, big or small, every day. But much of the emotional misery we feel is an overreaction—and can be significantly reduced using the techniques in this book.World-renowned therapist Dr. Albert Ellis, who created Rational-Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT), ... Read more

    $11.79 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • How to Live

    Or A Life of Montaigne in One Question and Twenty Attempts at an Answer

    by Sarah Bakewell ...
    Winner of the 2010 National Book Critics Circle Award for BiographyHow to get along with people, how to deal with violence, how to adjust to losing someone you love—such questions arise in most people’s lives. They are all versions of a bigger question: how do you live? How do you do the good or honorable thing, while flourishing and feeling happy?This question obsessed Renaissance writers, none ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • The Man Who Loved China

    The Fantastic Story of the Eccentric Scientist Who Unlocked the Mysteries of the Middle Kingdom

    by Simon Winchester ...
    In sumptuous and illuminating detail, Simon Winchester, the bestselling author of The Professor and the Madman ("Elegant and scrupulous"—New York Times Book Review) and Krakatoa ("A mesmerizing page-turner"—Time) brings to life the extraordinary story of Joseph Needham, the brilliant Cambridge scientist who unlocked the most closely held secrets of China, long the world's most technologically ... Read more

    Was $8.99 USD Now $4.99 USD

  • The Antidote

    Happiness for People Who Can't Stand Positive Thinking

    by Oliver Burkeman ...
    Self-help books don't seem to work. Few of the many advantages of modern life seem capable of lifting our collective mood. Wealth—even if you can get it—doesn't necessarily lead to happiness. Romance, family life, and work often bring as much stress as joy. We can't even agree on what "happiness" means. So are we engaged in a futile pursuit? Or are we just going about it the wrong way?Looking both ... Read more

    $11.99 USD