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The Socrates Express: In Search of Life Lessons from Dead Philosophers
By Weiner, Eric
- ISBN
- 9781501129018
- Publisher
- S. & S.
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Library Journal
Reviewed on June 1, 2020 | Arts & Humanities
Traveling by train to philosophers' physical terrains, former NPR journalist Weiner (The Geography of Genius) confronts 14 quotidian and existential "how to's"—how to walk, wonder, be kind, be attentive, and grow old and how to die. Along the way, he dispenses warm wisdom drawn from an eclectic set of succinctly put perspectives. The travelog takes readers by rail with Weiner to the spot where Gandhi was assassinated, to search fo...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
