The Socrates Express: In Search of Life Lessons from Dead Philosophers

by Eric Weiner

Book Overview

The New York Times bestselling author of The Geography of Bliss embarks on a rollicking intellectual journey, following in the footsteps of history's greatest thinkers and showing us how each--from Epicurus to Gandhi, Thoreau to Beauvoir--offers practical and spiritual lessons for today's unsettled times.

We turn to philosophy for the same reasons we travel: to see the world from a dif-ferent perspective, to unearth hidden...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1501129015
• ISBN13: 9781501129018
• Release Date: August 2020
• Publisher: Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.1" x 9.1"