Writing with wisdom and wit, Setiya makes a wry but passionate case for philosophy as a guide to life. Ranging from Aristotle, Schopenhauer, and John Stuart Mill to Virginia Woolf and Simone de Beauvoir, as well as drawing on Setiya's own experience, Midlife combines imaginative ideas, surprising insights, and practical advice. And you will learn what it would mean to live in the present, how it could solve your midlife crisis, and why meditation helps. Kieran Setiya is having a midlife crisis, and he guesses you might be having one too.

You will be introduced to philosophical consolations for mortality. As someone who has suffered from a midlife crisis since the age of seven, I found Kieran Setiyas Midlife: A Philosophical Guide both instructive and. You will learn why missing out might be a good thing, how options are overrated, and when you should be glad you made a mistake.

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 the inevitable challenges of adulthood and middle age, showing how philosophy can help you thrive. In this self-help book with a difference, Kieran Setiya confronts the inevitable challenges of adulthood and middle age, showing how philosophy can help you thrive. Learn more Books Politics & Social Sciences Philosophy Buy new: 20.79 List Price:29.99 Save: 9.20(31) FREE delivery May 20 - 27. Midlife: A Philosophical Guide Kieran Setiya 3.

Philosophical wisdom and practical advice for overcoming the problems of middle age Midlife: A Philosophical Guideand millions of other books are available for Amazon Kindle. Midlife: A Philosophical Guide Setiya, Kieran Published by Princeton University Press (2017) ISBN 10: 0691173931 ISBN 13: 9780691173931 New Hardcover Quantity: 1 Seller: Meadowland Media (Fayetteville, AR, U.S.A.) Rating Seller Rating: Book Description hardcover.

Midlife a philosophical guide