Ignorance and Bliss: On Wanting Not to Know

by Mark Lilla

"Mark Lilla is always a challenging, fascinating mind - alert to all the power, paradox, and dangers of ignorance." --Rory Stewart, author of Politics On the Edge and co-host of The Rest Is Politics

A dazzling exploration of our wish to remain innocent and ignorant--and its consequences.

Aristotle claimed that "all human beings want to know." Our own experience proves that all human beings also want not...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0374174350
• ISBN13: 9780374174354
• Release Date: December 2024
• Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.11 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.0" x 7.5"