| Author | : Sarah Bakewell |
| Publisher | : Random House |
| Release Date | : 2011-04-05 |
| ISBN 10 | : 1446450902 |
| Pages | : 400 pages |
How to get on well with people, how to deal with violence, how to adjust to losing someone you love? How to live? This question obsessed Renaissance nobleman Michel Eyquem de Montaigne (1533-92), who wrote free-roaming explorations of his thought and experience, unlike anything written before. Into these essays he put whatever was in his head: his tastes in wine and food, his childhood memories, the way his dog's ears twitched when it was dreaming, events in the appalling civil wars raging around him. The Essays was an instant bestseller, and over four hundred years later, readers still come to him in search of companionship, wisdom and entertainment - and in search of themselves. This first full biography of Montaigne in English for nearly fifty years relates the story of his life by way of the questions he posed and the answers he explored.
| Author | : Sarah Bakewell |
| Publisher | : Other PressLlc |
| Release Date | : 2010 |
| ISBN 10 | : 1590514254 |
| Pages | : 389 pages |
Examines the essays of Michel de Montaigne that explored the search for the meaning of life, and profiles the philosopher using the questions he posed and the answers he explored.
| Author | : Sarah Bakewell |
| Publisher | : Other Press, LLC |
| Release Date | : 2010-10-19 |
| ISBN 10 | : 1590514262 |
| Pages | : 416 pages |
Winner of the 2010 National Book Critics Circle Award for Biography How to get along with people, how to deal with violence, how to adjust to losing someone you love—such questions arise in most people’s lives. They are all versions of a bigger question: how do you live? How do you do the good or honorable thing, while flourishing and feeling happy? This question obsessed Renaissance writers, none more than Michel Eyquem de Monatigne, perhaps the first truly modern individual. A nobleman, public official and wine-grower, he wrote free-roaming explorations of his thought and experience, unlike anything written before. He called them “essays,” meaning “attempts” or “tries.” Into them, he put whatever was in his head: his tastes in wine and food, his childhood memories, the way his dog’s ears twitched when it was dreaming, as well as the appalling events of the religious civil wars raging around him. The Essays was an instant bestseller and, over four hundred years later, Montaigne’s honesty and charm still draw people to him. Readers come in search of companionship, wisdom and entertainment—and in search of themselves. This book, a spirited and singular biography, relates the story of his life by way of the questions he posed and the answers he explored. It traces his bizarre upbringing, youthful career and sexual adventures, his travels, and his friendships with the scholar and poet Étienne de La Boétie and with his adopted “daughter,” Marie de Gournay. And we also meet his readers—who for centuries have found in Montaigne an inexhaustible source of answers to the haunting question, “how to live?”
| Author | : Irving Fisher,Eugene Lyman Fisk |
| Publisher | : N.A |
| Release Date | : 1915 |
| ISBN 10 | : |
| Pages | : 345 pages |
| Author | : The School of Life,Hugo Macdonald |
| Publisher | : Pan Macmillan |
| Release Date | : 2016-01-14 |
| ISBN 10 | : 1447293320 |
| Pages | : 329 pages |
Building a relationship with a city is a lot like building a relationship with another person - just as cities can be intoxicating, generous and inspiring, so they can also be dangerous, fickle and impenetrable. How to Live in the City is a book for navigating and nurturing this important relationship. Hugo Macdonald believes you need to feel a city to understand it. He won't tell you how wide the perfect pavement should be but he will show you how to walk down a pavement with eyes wide open. This is a book to help you feel human in an inhuman environment.
| Author | : Josh Cohen |
| Publisher | : Random House |
| Release Date | : 2021-02-11 |
| ISBN 10 | : 1473561256 |
| Pages | : 384 pages |
'We tell ourselves stories in order to live' Joan Didion From the truths and lies we tell about ourselves to the resonant creations of fiction, stories give shape and meaning to all our lives. Both a practicing psychoanalyst and a professor of literature, Josh Cohen has long been taken with the mutual echoes between the life struggles of the consulting room and the dramas of the novel. So what might the most memorable characters in literature tell us about how to live meaningfully? In How to Live. What to Do, Cohen plots a course through the various stages of our lives, discovering in each the surprising and profound insights literature has to offer. Beginning with the playful mindset of Wonderland's Alice, we discover the resilience of Jane Eyre, the rebellious rage of Baldwin's Johnny Grimes and the catastrophic ambitions of Jay Gatsby, the turbulence of first love for Sally Rooney's Frances, the sorrows of marriage for Middlemarch's Dorothea Brooke, and the regrets and comforts of middle age for Rabbit Angstrom.
| Author | : Stephen Levine |
| Publisher | : Harmony |
| Release Date | : 2009-10-07 |
| ISBN 10 | : 0307561321 |
| Pages | : 192 pages |
In his new book, Stephen Levine, author of the perennial best-seller Who Dies?, teaches us how to live each moment, each hour, each day mindfully--as if it were all that was left. On his deathbed, Socrates exhorted his followers to practice dying as the highest form of wisdom. Levine decided to live this way himself for a whole year, and now he shares with us how such immediacy radically changes our view of the world and forces us to examine our priorities. Most of us go to extraordinary lengths to ignore, laugh off, or deny the fact that we are going to die, but preparing for death is one of the most rational and rewarding acts of a lifetime. It is an exercise that gives us the opportunity to deal with unfinished business and enter into a new and vibrant relationship with life. Levine provides us with a year-long program of intensely practical strategies and powerful guided meditations to help with this work, so that whenever the ultimate moment does arrive for each of us, we will not feel that it has come too soon.
| Author | : Jonathan Fields |
| Publisher | : Hay House |
| Release Date | : 2018-03-13 |
| ISBN 10 | : 1401946321 |
| Pages | : 256 pages |
Seriously . . . another book that tells you how to live a good life? Don't we have enough of those? You'd think so. Yet, more people than ever are walking through life disconnected, disengaged, dissatisfied, mired in regret, declining health, and a near maniacal state of gut-wrenching autopilot busyness. Whatever is out there isn't getting through. We don't know who to trust. We don't know what's real and what's fantasy. We don't know how and where to begin and we don't want to wade through another minute of advice that gives us hope, then saps our time and leaves us empty. How to Live a Good Life is your antidote; a practical and provocative modern-day manual for the pursuit of a life well lived. No need for blind faith or surrender of intelligence; everything you'll discover is immediately actionable and subject to validation through your own experience. Drawn from the intersection of science, spirituality, and the author's years-long quest to learn at the feet of masters from nearly every tradition and walk of life, this book offers a simple yet powerful model, the "Good Life Buckets " --spend 30 days filling your buckets and reclaiming your life. Each day will bring a new, practical yet powerful idea, along with a specific exploration designed to rekindle deep, loving, and compassionate relationships; cultivate vitality, radiance, and graceful ease; and leave you feeling lit up by the way you contribute to the world, like you're doing the work you were put on the planet to do. How to Live a Good Life is not just a book to be read; it's a path to possibility, to be walked, then lived.
| Author | : J. Raymond Albrektson |
| Publisher | : Waterbrook Press |
| Release Date | : 2000 |
| ISBN 10 | : 9781578562275 |
| Pages | : 192 pages |
Live happily within any income--even yours! Discover how to give, save, and invest according to biblical principles. Gain realistic, down-to-earth guidance on how to put your financial house in order. Have you found yourself thinking, "Life sure would be a lot easier--and better--if I just had more money"? If so, you're not alone. A common assumption is that "more" is always better, and that our ability to live joyfully and contribute meaningfully in the financial realm hinges on an ever-increasing income. That's why most books on finances advise you how to make more or spend less. In Living Large, you'll learn instead how to enjoy life to the fullest on what God has provided. No matter how large or small your income, you can-- Give some, save some, and live joyfully on the rest. Packed with Bible-based principles and practical tips, this book reveals how to make wise decisions today that will help you prepare financially for tomorrow--and shares the secrets to giving generously and living happily on exactly the portion you are given.
| Author | : Massimo Pigliucci,Skye Cleary,Daniel Kaufman |
| Publisher | : Vintage |
| Release Date | : 2020-01-07 |
| ISBN 10 | : 0525566155 |
| Pages | : 256 pages |
A collection of essays by fifteen philosophers presenting a thoughtful, introductory guide to choosing a philosophy for living an examined and meaningful life. A VINTAGE ORIGINAL Socrates famously said "the unexamined life is not worth living," but what does it mean to truly live philosophically? This thought-provoking, wide-ranging collection brings together essays by fifteen leading philosophers reflecting on what it means to live according to a philosophy of life. From Eastern philosophies (Daoism, Confucianism, and Buddhism) and classical Western philosophies (such as Aristotelianism and Stoicism), to the four major religions, as well as contemporary philosophies (such as existentialism and effective altruism), each contributor offers a lively, personal account of how they find meaning in the practice of their chosen philosophical tradition. Together, the pieces in How to Live a Good Life provide not only a beginner's guide to choosing a life philosophy but also a timely portrait of what it means to live an examined life in the twenty-first century.
The first book in the four-part Mystery School Series by bestselling authors Don Miguel Ruiz and Barbara Emrys, The Actor is a guide to mastering the art of happiness, and living more authentically. Don Miguel Ruiz, author of the internationally bestselling The Four Agreements and mythical Mexican shaman, together with his longtime apprentice Barbara Emrys, returns with his most important work of all: a course for students on the spiritual mystery of life, created to provoke an inner revolution. With The Actor: How to Live an Authentic Life, join the ‘Mystery School’ for your first week of learning and explore the most fascinating story and mystery of all: you! Bring your curiosity and enthusiasm, and prepare to open your mind. Learn, over five days, how to observe your life from an artist’s point of view, and meet the real face behind the actor’s mask. Your schedule: Day 1: The Artist Day 2: Language Day 3: Acting Day 4: The Stage Day 5: The Final Curtain Discover how you are the main character in every story you’ve ever told about yourself, and how to view the human drama as a whole, as well as the role you play in it. Develop your awareness of human thinking and behaviour as each lesson brings you a step closer to wisdom and awareness, and begin to step away from the ‘roles’ you play and reclaim your authenticity. Every one of us is a transforming work of art, and underneath all the theatrics, the truth waits to be illuminated. Peep behind the stage curtains, and embrace the show that is life! Don Miguel Ruiz’s new work, the Mystery School Series, is a four-part course exploring the spiritual mystery of life, with lessons that bring insight on its specific challenges taught through theory, practice, and imaginative exercises. As a student of life, learn to recognize the creative choices that have made your reality what it is now, and the choices that are still available to you. Use your new understanding to make peace with the past; transform your relationship with the present and create a new script for your life. Continue your transformation with the other three books of the Mystery School Series: Eros: Misconceptions About the Art of Romance and Sexuality The Myth: The Stories We Tell About Ourselves and Our Reality Grief: Self-Care While Surviving the Loss of People we Love
| Author | : David Hawkins |
| Publisher | : N.A |
| Release Date | : 2018-03-16 |
| ISBN 10 | : 9781641912419 |
| Pages | : 82 pages |
How to Live the Best Life requires a commitment to live like Christ. Since the beginning of time, many people have lived a good life by being a good father or a good mother, a good son or a good daughter, or a good friend or a good neighbor. But living the best life goes far beyond being good.