TY  - BOOK
AU  - Setiya,Kieran
TI  - Midlife: A Philosophical Guide 
SN  - 9780691183282
U1  - 155.6/6 23
PY  - 2017///]
CY  - Princeton, NJ : 
PB  - Princeton University Press, 
KW  - Middle age
KW  - Psychological aspects
KW  - Midlife crisis
KW  - PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - A Book Of
KW  - Accountant
KW  - Adoption
KW  - Affair
KW  - Altruism
KW  - Anatta
KW  - Aphorism
KW  - Aristotle
KW  - Arthur Schopenhauer
KW  - Awareness
KW  - Bernard Williams
KW  - Boredom
KW  - Buddhism
KW  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Career
KW  - Cognitive therapy
KW  - Consciousness
KW  - Death anxiety (psychology)
KW  - Derek Parfit
KW  - Elliott Jaques
KW  - Emptiness
KW  - Epicurus
KW  - Equanimity
KW  - Ethics
KW  - Existence
KW  - Existential crisis
KW  - Explanation
KW  - Felicific calculus
KW  - Four Noble Truths
KW  - Generosity
KW  - Grief
KW  - Hedonism
KW  - I Wish (manhwa)
KW  - Immanuel Kant
KW  - Injunction
KW  - Irony
KW  - James Mill
KW  - Jean-Paul Sartre
KW  - Jeremy Bentham
KW  - John Stuart Mill
KW  - Lecture
KW  - Literature
KW  - Lucretius
KW  - Meaningful life
KW  - Narrative
KW  - Neglect
KW  - Nicomachean Ethics
KW  - Oppression
KW  - Optimism
KW  - Parenting
KW  - Parerga and Paralipomena
KW  - Personal History
KW  - Phenomenon
KW  - Philip Larkin
KW  - Philosopher
KW  - Philosophy
KW  - Physician
KW  - Pleasure
KW  - Poetry
KW  - Polemic
KW  - Precedent
KW  - Princeton University Press
KW  - Prose
KW  - Protest
KW  - Psychologist
KW  - Psychology
KW  - Quantity
KW  - Rationality
KW  - Reason
KW  - Retrograde amnesia
KW  - Risk aversion
KW  - Sadness
KW  - Satisficing
KW  - Self-consciousness
KW  - Self-help book
KW  - Self-interest
KW  - Shame
KW  - Simone de Beauvoir
KW  - Skepticism
KW  - Suffering
KW  - Suggestion
KW  - Symptom
KW  - The Myth of Sisyphus
KW  - The Other Hand
KW  - The Power of Now
KW  - Theory
KW  - Thought experiment
KW  - Thought
KW  - Toothache
KW  - Uncertainty
KW  - Understanding
KW  - Utilitarianism
KW  - Virginia Woolf
KW  - Wealth
KW  - Well-being
KW  - Wishful thinking
KW  - Writing
KW  - Year
N1  - Frontmatter --; Contents --; Introduction --; 1. A Brief History of the Midlife Crisis --; 2. Is That All There Is? --; 3. Missing Out --; 4. Retrospection --; 5. Something to Look Forward To --; 6. Living in the Present --; Conclusion --; Acknowledgments --; Notes --; Index; restricted access
N2  - Philosophical wisdom and practical advice for overcoming the problems of middle ageHow 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.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. You will be introduced to philosophical consolations for mortality. And you will learn what it would mean to live in the present, how it could solve your midlife crisis, and why meditation helps.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. Writing with wisdom and wit, Setiya makes a wry but passionate case for philosophy as a guide to life
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400888474?locatt=mode:legacy
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781400888474
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781400888474/original
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