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" Examined lives : "
James Miller.
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BL
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582906
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b412125
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| Main Entry
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Miller, Jim,1947-
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| Title & Author
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Examined lives : : from Socrates to Nietzsche /\ James Miller.
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| Edition Statement
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First edition.
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422 pages :: illustrations ;; 24 cm
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| ISBN
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0374150850 (hardcover : alk. paper)
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: 9780374150853 (hardcover : alk. paper)
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Socrates -- Plato -- Diogenes -- Aristotle -- Seneca -- Augustine -- Montaigne -- Descartes -- Rousseau -- Kant -- Emerson -- Nietzsche.
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| Abstract
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We all want to know how to live. But before the good life was reduced to ten easy steps or a prescription from the doctor, it was the philosophers who offered arresting answers to the most fundamental questions about who we are and what makes for a life worth living. Here, James Miller returns to this vibrant tradition with short, lively biographies of twelve famous philosophers. With a flair for paradox and rich anecdote, this is a book that confirms the continuing relevance of philosophy today--and explores the most urgent questions about what it means to live a good life.--From publisher description.
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Philosophers, Biography.
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| Dewey Classification
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190B
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B104.M56 2011
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