Driving with Plato The Meaning of Life's Milestones

Name: Driving with Plato The Meaning of Life's Milestones
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ISBN: 9781439186886

ISBN-10: 143918688X

ISBN-13: 9781439186886

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Authors: Robert Rowland Smith

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“This book is elegant proof that philosophy doesn’t have to be fusty and musty” (A.J. Jacobs, bestselling author of The Year of Living Biblically).Learn to ride a bicycle with Einstein, have your first kiss with Kant, get your first job with Adam Smith, and weather midlife with Dante. Let history’s greatest minds illuminate life’s turning points. In Breakfast with Socrates, Robert Rowland Smith brought the power of philosophy down to earth by proving, in a very engaging and entertaining way, that human moments meet big ideas on a regular basis. Now Smith offers the natural offspring of that book, expanding the “day in a life” concept to life as a whole in Driving with Plato.Smith draws on…

Book details

List price: $14.99
Publisher: Free Press
Publication date: 2/14/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 5.00" wide x 7.50" long x 0.80" tall
Weight: 0.396
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction



Being Born



Learning to Walk and Talk



Starting School



Learning to Ride a Bike



Taking Exams



Having Your First Kiss



Losing Your Virginity



Passing Your Driving Test



Casting Your First Vote



Getting a Job



Falling in Love



Tying the Knot



Having Children



Moving House



Going Through a Midlife Crisis



Getting Divorced



Retiring



Living the Third Age



Going Out in Style


Afterlife


Further Reading


Index