The Schopenhauer Cure, 9781921215728
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Facing death, a therapist confronts his past and philosophical cure.

The Schopenhauer Cure

  • Paperback

    368 pages

  • Release Date

    7 January 2008

Summary

Julius Hertzfeld is a distinguished psychotherapist when a sudden confrontation with his own mortality forces him to re-examine his life and work. Has he really made an enduring difference to the lives of his patients? And what about those he’s failed - what has happened to them?

His attempt to make sense of the past places him on a collision course with former patient Philip Slate, a handsome but arrogant and misanthropic sex addict whom he had treated, unsuccessfully, 23 years befor…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781921215728
ISBN-10:1921215720
Author:Irvin D. Yalom
Publisher:Scribe Publications
Imprint:Scribe Publications
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:368
Release Date:7 January 2008
Weight:312g
Dimensions:207mm x 140mm x 23mm
About The Author

Irvin D. Yalom

Irvin D. Yalom is emeritus professor of psychiatry at Stanford University School of Medicine. The author of two definitive psychotherapy textbooks, Dr. Yalom has written several books for the general reader, including Love’s Executioner, Staring at the Sun, Creatures of a Day, and Becoming Myself; and the novels When Nietzsche Wept, The Schopenhauer Cure, and The Spinoza Problem. Dr. Yalom lives in Palo Alto and San Francisco, California.

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