The Ego Trick

by Julian Baggini

Book Overview

Are you still the person who lived fifteen, ten or five years ago? Fifteen, ten or five minutes ago? Can you plan for your retirement if the you of thirty years hence is in some sense a different person? What and who is the real you? Does it remain constant over time and place, or is it something much more fragmented and fluid? Is it known to you, or are you as much a mystery to yourself as others are to you?With his usual wit, infectious curiosity...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1847082734
• ISBN13: 9781847082732
• Release Date: March 2012
• Publisher: Granta Books
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.47 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.1" x 7.7"