Every Time I Find the Meaning of Life, They Change It: Wisdom of the Great Philosophers on How to Live [Signed First Edition]

Daniel Klein

ISBN 10: 0143126792 / ISBN 13: 9780143126799

Published by Penguin Books, 2015

First edition, 1st printing. Signed by Dan Klein on title page. Bright, clean & tight copy, unread in AS NEW condition. "Daniel Klein's fans have fallen in love with the warm, humorous, and thoughtful way he shows how philosophy resonates in everyday life. Readers of his popular books Plato and a Platypus Walk into a Bar and Travels with Epicurus come for enlightenment and stay for the entertainment." [] "The unexamined life is surely worth living, but is the unlived life worth examining?"---Adam Phillips. Wisdom of the ages in a pristine, quite presentable & collectible copy. Seller Inventory # RUB1101

Synopsis:

A humorous and philosophical trip through life, from the New York Times–bestselling coauthor of Plato and a Platypus Walk into a Bar . . .
 
Daniel Klein’s fans have fallen in love with the warm, humorous, and thoughtful way he shows how philosophy resonates in everyday life. Readers of his popular books Plato and a Platypus Walk into a Bar . . . and Travels with Epicurus come for enlightenment and stay for the entertainment.

As a young college student studying philosophy, Klein filled a notebook with short quotes from the world’s greatest thinkers, hoping to find some guidance on how to live the best life he could. Now, from the vantage point of his eighth decade, Klein revisits the wisdom he relished in his youth with this collection of philosophical gems, adding new ones that strike a chord with him at the end of his life. From Epicurus to Emerson and Camus to the theologian Reinhold Niebuhr—whose words provided the title of this book—each pithy extract is annotated with Klein’s inimitable charm and insights. In these pages, our favorite jokester–philosopher tackles life’s biggest questions, leaving us chuckling and enlightened. 

About the Author: Daniel Klein is the author of the London Times bestseller Travels with Epicurus and, with Thomas Cathcart, the New York Times and international bestseller Plato and a Platypus Walk into a Bar . . . . A graduate of Harvard in philosophy, he lives in Western Massachusetts with his wife, Freke Vuijst.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Every Time I Find the Meaning of Life, They ...
Publisher: Penguin Books
Publication Date: 2015
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: As New
Dust Jacket Condition: As New
Signed: Signed by Author
Edition: 1st Edition.