Philosophy for Life and Other Dangerous Situations By Evans, Jules Publisher : Rider & Co Published Date : 2012/05 ISBN : 9781846043208 BookWeb Price : S$ 29.95 Kinokuniya Privilege Card member price : S$ 26.96 Availability Status : Out of stock. The item is subject to availability at publisher. We will e-mail you with an estimated delivery date as soon as we have more information.

 
Preface: Welcome to the School of Athens           ix
    1 Morning roll call: Socrates and the art      1  (24)
    of street philosophy
  MORNING SESSION: THE WARRIORS OF VIRTUE
    2 Epictetus and the art of maintaining         25 (14)
    control
    3 Musonius Rufus and the art of fieldwork      39 (19)
    4 Seneca and the art of managing               58 (21)
    expectations
  LUNCH: PHILOSOPHY BUFFET
    5 Lunchtime lesson: Epicurus and the art of    79 (24)
    savouring the moment
  EARLY AFTERNOON SESSION: MYSTICS AND SCEPTICS
    6 Heraclitus and the art of cosmic             103(17)
    contemplation
    7 Pythagoras and the art of memorisation       120(15)
    and incantation
    8 Sceptics and the art of cultivating doubt    135(20)
  LATE AFTERNOON SESSION: POLITICS
    9 Diogenes and the art of anarchy              155(21)
    10 Plato and the art of justice                176(18)
    11 Plutarch and the art of heroism             194(15)
    12 Aristotle and the art of flourishing        209(38)
      Graduation: Socrates and the art of          231(16)
      departure
  EXTRA-CURRICULAR APPENDICES
      Appendix One Is Socrates over-optimistic     247(4)
      about human reason?
      Appendix Two The Socratic tradition and      251(5)
      non-Western philosophical traditions
      Appendix Three Socrates and Dionysus         256(4)
Notes                                              260(14)
Further reading                                    274(11)
Acknowledgements                                   285(2)
Index                                              287