Life: A User’s Manual
Life Advice from the Great Philosophers to Get You Through
$25.89
- Paperback
432 pages
- Release Date
2 November 2021
Summary
A therapeutic guide on how to live, using the teachings from philosophers throughout history on the problems that affect us every day.
- How should I live?
- What is my purpose?
- Can I find happiness?
Ever felt as though life would be simpler if it came with an instruction manual? There are no easy answers to the big questions. And life does not follow a straight path from A to B.
Since the beginning of time, people have asked questions about …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781529104530 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 152910453X |
| Author: | Julian Baggini, Antonia Macaro |
| Publisher: | Ebury Publishing |
| Imprint: | Ebury Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 432 |
| Release Date: | 2 November 2021 |
| Weight: | 294g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 127mm x 26mm |
What They're Saying
Critics Review
As we all know, life doesn’t come with an instruction manual. But Baggini’s and Macaro’s book, building on the wisdom of thousands of years of philosophy, comes pretty close to it.
An absolute joy … This fascinating book is as close as you’ll get to hiring history’s wisest minds as your personal life advisers * Oliver Burkeman, author of The Antidote: Happiness for People Who Can’t Stand Positive Thinking *
An inspired navigation tool for the maze of existence * Robin Ince, author of I’m a Joke and So Are You: Reflections on Humour and Humanity *
As we all know, life doesn’t come with an instruction manual. But Baggini’s and Macaro’s book, building on the wisdom of thousands of years of philosophy, comes pretty close to it. * Massimo Pigliucci, author of The Stoic Guide to a Happy Life *
About The Author
Julian Baggini
Julian Baggini
Julian Baggini’s books include A Short History of Truth, How the World Thinks, Freedom Regained, The Ego Trick, What’s It All About?- Philosophy and the Meaning of Life and the best-selling The Pig That Wants To Be Eaten. He has written for numerous newspapers and magazines, as well as for the think tanks The Institute of Public Policy Research, Demos and Counterpoint. He was the co-founder of The Philosophers’ Magazine.
Antonia Macaro
Antonia Macaro is an existential psychotherapist, author of More than Happiness- Buddhist and Stoic Wisdom for a Sceptical Age, Reason, Virtue and Psychotherapy and co-author of The Shrink and the Sage. She has many years’ clinical experience in the field of addictive behaviours. Antonia has a degree in Oriental Studies and an MA in Philosophy, and was part of the UK’s philosophical counselling movement from its early days.
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