Gratuit avec l’offre d'essai
-
Life Is Hard
- How Philosophy Can Help Us Find Our Way
- Lu par : Kieran Setiya
- Durée : 5 h et 52 min
Échec de l’élimination de la liste d'envies.
Impossible de suivre le podcast
Impossible de ne plus suivre le podcast
Life Is Hard
Acheter pour 22,00 €
Aucun moyen de paiement n'est renseigné par défaut.
Désolés ! Le mode de paiement sélectionné n'est pas autorisé pour cette vente.
Vous êtes membre Amazon Prime ?
Bénéficiez automatiquement de 2 livres audio offerts.Bonne écoute !
Description
A philosophical guide to facing life’s inevitable hardships.
There is no cure for the human condition: life is hard. But Kieran Setiya believes philosophy can help. He offers us a map for navigating rough terrain, from personal trauma to the injustice and absurdity of the world.
In this profound and personal book, Setiya shows how the tools of philosophy can help us find our way. Drawing on ancient and modern philosophy as well as fiction, history, memoir, film, comedy, social science, and stories from Setiya’s own experience, Life Is Hard is a book for this moment—a work of solace and compassion.
Warm, accessible, and good-humored, this book is about making the best of a bad lot. It offers guidance for coping with pain and making new friends, for grieving the lost and failing with grace, for confronting injustice and searching for meaning in life. Countering pop psychologists and online influencers who admonish us to “find our bliss” and “live our best lives,” Setiya acknowledges that the best is often out of reach. Instead, he asks how we can weather life’s adversities, finding hope and living well when life is hard.
Commentaires
“Kieran Setiya has produced the ultimate handbook of hardship. He shows why adversity is inevitable—and why facing up to that reality, rather than insisting on simple-minded notions of happiness, offers the only path to living well.”—Daniel H. Pink, author of The Power of Regret, When, and Drive
“Smart, richly sourced, and lucidly reasoned, Life Is Hard is a work of resplendent wisdom and humanity—one that has changed the way I think about the periodic upsurges of failure, grief, and loss in my own life.”—Jim Holt, author of Why Does the World Exist?
“Insightful. . . . This thought-provoking treatise enlightens.”—Publishers Weekly
Autres livres audio du même :
Auteur
Narrateur
Ce que les auditeurs disent de Life Is Hard
Moyenne des évaluations utilisateurs. Seuls les utilisateurs ayant écouté le titre peuvent laisser une évaluation.Commentaires - Veuillez sélectionner les onglets ci-dessous pour changer la provenance des commentaires.
-
Global5 out of 5 stars
-
Interprétation5 out of 5 stars
-
Histoire5 out of 5 stars
- Erik C Stabell
- 29/10/2022
Loved the author’s personal perspective.
Philosophy can be dry, but when applied to someone’s life experience, it becomes an enthralling story.
2 personnes ont trouvé cela utile
-
Global4 out of 5 stars
-
Interprétation3 out of 5 stars
-
Histoire3 out of 5 stars
- Jason Blum
- 24/10/2022
Solid
Enjoyed it. I think people who make fun of philosophy majors are doing a disservice to life and are ultimately afraid of their own mortality. If not for a life lived well, what are we here for anyway?
Jason Blum
Washington DC
2 personnes ont trouvé cela utile
-
Global1 out of 5 stars
-
Interprétation1 out of 5 stars
-
Histoire1 out of 5 stars
- jeffrey goldstein
- 18/12/2022
Banal Tautogies
this book is a real barker woof woof. please save your money: there is no there there!
1 personne a trouvé cela utile
-
Global2 out of 5 stars
-
Interprétation3 out of 5 stars
-
Histoire2 out of 5 stars
- BE
- 15/12/2022
Boring
i did not find it useful. Kind of a big nothing-burger for me. For a great book with a similar theme I recommend "When Bad Things Happen to Good People."
1 personne a trouvé cela utile
-
Global1 out of 5 stars
-
Interprétation5 out of 5 stars
-
Histoire1 out of 5 stars
- Amnon Goldberg
- 29/10/2022
Not very meaningful
The book tries to answer the most meaningful questions, and fails
Especiqlly fails to understand that when a person is suffering emotionally, all these philosophical mental answers have no meaning and do not help
1 personne a trouvé cela utile
-
Global5 out of 5 stars
-
Interprétation5 out of 5 stars
-
Histoire5 out of 5 stars
- Utilisateur anonyme
- 18/11/2022
This book delivers the goods!!!
This book delivers on the promise of its title. The author is brilliant and humble in the way that he teaches us to use philosophy to find our way, despite life being hard.
-
Global2 out of 5 stars
-
Interprétation4 out of 5 stars
-
Histoire2 out of 5 stars
- Jeff
- 20/10/2022
Meandering
I bought this book after listening to the author on the Making Sense podcast with Sam Harris, which was interesting.
This book, on the other hand, is much less so. I was frequently bored while listening, but soldiered on, determined to find a useful or meaningful perspective which had motivated me to purchase the book, originally. By the last chapter, I realized it was a waste of time. There is not a single memorable insight I will take away from this book, other than I should be more willing to leave one unfinished (and early on) when I find it to be this pointless.
-
Global5 out of 5 stars
-
Interprétation5 out of 5 stars
-
Histoire5 out of 5 stars
- Micah B.
- 09/10/2022
Fantastic listen!
Probably the most relatable and interesting philosophical book I've come across. It's a deep dive into a lot of the perils and conflicts we're going through as a society given the pandemic and other world events