Midlife: A Philosophical Guide

by Kieran Setiya

Book Overview

Philosophical wisdom and practical advice for overcoming the problems of middle age

How can you reconcile yourself with the lives you will never lead, with possibilities foreclosed, and with nostalgia for lost youth? How can you accept the failings of the past, the sense of futility in the tasks that consume the present, and the prospect of death that blights the future? In this self-help book with a difference, Kieran Setiya confronts...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691173931
• ISBN13: 9780691173931
• Release Date: October 2017
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.2" x 8.1"