The Resource Ideas to save your life : philosophy for wisdom, solace and pleasure, Michael McGirr
Ideas to save your life : philosophy for wisdom, solace and pleasure, Michael McGirr
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The item Ideas to save your life : philosophy for wisdom, solace and pleasure, Michael McGirr represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in City of Stirling Library Services.
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- Summary
- A profound, uplifting and accessible introduction to key philosophical ideas and their relevance to everyday life. McGirr shares his love of philosophy, looking at the works of twenty eminent thinkers across history. The book goes back to Pythagoras and comes forward to the contemporary Australian Frank Jackson; back to Mungo Woman and forward to Martha Nussbaum, by way of Simone Weil and Iris Murdoch. It is animated by two related questions - from where do we draw a sense of life's purpose, and how can philosophy make life better? It ranges widely across subjects - from solitude to community, language to order, experience to ecstasy, the idea of good to that of a good idea. McGirr's approach is warm and inviting. Drawing on many years' experience teaching philosophy to teenagers, he shares stories from his life and discusses how philosophers have shed light on them. Ideas to Save Your Life is often funny, but it is serious about philosophy. It makes the impenetrable accessible, the indescribable palpable, and invites you to change the way you see the world
- Language
- eng
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- Ideas to save your life : philosophy for wisdom, solace and pleasure
- Title
- Ideas to save your life
- Title remainder
- philosophy for wisdom, solace and pleasure
- Statement of responsibility
- Michael McGirr
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- A profound, uplifting and accessible introduction to key philosophical ideas and their relevance to everyday life. McGirr shares his love of philosophy, looking at the works of twenty eminent thinkers across history. The book goes back to Pythagoras and comes forward to the contemporary Australian Frank Jackson; back to Mungo Woman and forward to Martha Nussbaum, by way of Simone Weil and Iris Murdoch. It is animated by two related questions - from where do we draw a sense of life's purpose, and how can philosophy make life better? It ranges widely across subjects - from solitude to community, language to order, experience to ecstasy, the idea of good to that of a good idea. McGirr's approach is warm and inviting. Drawing on many years' experience teaching philosophy to teenagers, he shares stories from his life and discusses how philosophers have shed light on them. Ideas to Save Your Life is often funny, but it is serious about philosophy. It makes the impenetrable accessible, the indescribable palpable, and invites you to change the way you see the world
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- contains biographical information
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- 1961-
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- McGirr, Michael
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- no index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
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- McGirr, Michael
- Philosophy
- Philosophy
- Philosophers
- Target audience
- adult
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- Ideas to save your life : philosophy for wisdom, solace and pleasure, Michael McGirr
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- Includes bibliographical references
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- p2251792299
- Dimensions
- 22 cm.
- Extent
- 304 pages
- Form of item
- regular print reproduction
- Isbn
- 9781922330871
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- Ideas to save your life : philosophy for wisdom, solace and pleasure, Michael McGirr
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references
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- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier.
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent.
- Control code
- p2251792299
- Dimensions
- 22 cm.
- Extent
- 304 pages
- Form of item
- regular print reproduction
- Isbn
- 9781922330871
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- unmediated
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