The Joy of Philosophy: Thinking Thin versus the Passionate Life eBook

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The Joy of Philosophy is a return to some of the perennial questions of philosophy–questions about the meaning of life; about death and tragedy; about the respective roles of rationality and passion in the good life; about love, compassion, and revenge; about honesty, deception, and betrayal; and about who we are and how we think about who we are. Recapturing the heart-felt confusion and excitement that originally brings us all to philosophy, internationally renowned teacher and lecturer Robert C. Solomon offers both a critique of contemporary philosophy and an invitation to engage in philosophy in a different way. He attempts to save philosophy from itself and its self-imposed diet of thin arguments and logical analysis to recover the richness and complexity of life in thought. Solomon defends the passionate life in contrast to the life of thoughtful contemplation idealized by so many philosophers, attempting to recapture the kind of philosophy that Nietzsche celebrated as a “joyful wisdom.”

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The Joy of Philosophy: Thinking Thin versus the Passionate Life is written by Robert C. Solomon and published by Oxford University Press. The Digital and eTextbook ISBNs for The Joy of Philosophy are 9780199879229, 0199879222 and the print ISBNs are 9780195165401, 0195165403. Additional ISBNs for this eTextbook include 9780198023210, 9780195067590.