| Description |
xiv, 216 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [199]-209) and index. |
| Contents |
Portrait of you as Odysseus -- Portrait of philosophy as Socrates -- The exquisite materialism of Epicurus -- The mysterious freedom of the Stoic -- The ecstasy without a name -- In nightmares begins rationality -- The terrifying distance of the stars -- The moral worth of a teardrop -- The beast that is and is not. |
| Subject |
Philosophy.
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| ISBN |
9780226130385 (cloth : alkaline paper) |
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022613038X (cloth : alkaline paper) |
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