Simone de Beauvoir was een van de belangrijkste filosofen uit de 20ste eeuw. Ook de afgelopen jaren staat zij opnieuw in de aandacht. Dit boek is een oproep om in de geest van De Beauvoir authentiek te leven. Skye Cleary leidt ons langs thema's als vriendschap, romantische liefde, huwelijk, kinderen en de dood. Ze toont hoe De Beauvoir zelf worstelde om haar eigen pad te vinden, in een tijd even chaotisch en verontrustend als de onze. Cleary maakt hiermee de denkbeelden van De Beauvoir rel...

'Skye Cleary blends Simone de Beauvoir's wisdom with her own in this lively guide to becoming a poet of your life' Nigel Warburton'It isn't easy to be authentic. Skye Cleary's How to Be You is the guide you need if you are serious about figuring out how to live a life truly worth living. And why wouldn't you?' Massimo Pigliucci, author of How to Be a Stoic**'A glorious achievement' Irish Independent'Change your lif...

A collection of essays by fifteen philosophers presenting a thoughtful, introductory guide to choosing a philosophy for living an examined and meaningful life.Socrates famously said "the unexamined life is not worth living," but what does it mean to truly live philosophically?This thought-provoking, wide-ranging collection brings together essays by fifteen leading philosophers reflecting on what it means to live according to a philosophy of life. From Easte...

Brought to you by Penguin.'Change your life today. Don't gamble on the future, act now, without delay.'So said Simone de Beauvoir, one of the world's most influential philosophers, whose pioneering work asks how we can live our most fulfilling lives and be our most vibrant selves. But in the age of so-called authenticity, what does her philosophy offer us today? In this galvanising tour of her defiant strategies for living, we explore how d...

Cognition Switch: An Artefact for the Transmission of New IdeasIssue #3: February 2019Featuring Ideas by: Anne Hilborn, Justin Tosi, Brandon Warmke, Daegan Miller, Samuel Levin, Sam Dresser, Kyle Arnold, Marc Lewis, Shaun Shelly, Omnia El Shakry, Richard Stevens, Skye Cleary, Thony Christie, Nancy Kwak, Jason Stahl, Claire Fuller, Nathan Schneider, and Stuart Clark

A collection of essays by fifteen philosophers presenting a thoughtful, introductory guide to choosing a philosophy for living an examined and meaningful life.Socrates famously said "the unexamined life is not worth living," but what does it mean to truly live philosophically?This thought-provoking, wide-ranging collection brings together essays by fifteen leading philosophers reflecting on what it means to live according to a philosophy of life. From Easte...

Esta fascinante selección de ensayos reúne a quince destacados filósofos que abordan lo que significa vivir según determinadas filosofías de vida.Desde filosofías orientales (como el taoísmo o el budismo), pasando por filosofías clásicas de Occidente (como el estoicismo o el epicureísmo), o cuatro grandes religiones (hinduismo, cristianismo, judaísmo e islam), hasta filosofías contemporáneas (como el existencialismo, el pragmatismo, el humanismo secular o el altruismo), cada uno de...