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Zusatztext Flourish is an outstanding book about the tricky business of being in the world. Informationen zum Autor Antonia Case is Editor of New Philosopher and Womankind magazines, and is an award-winning writer and journalist. Her book on personal identity and change, Flourish , was published by Bloomsbury Continuum in 2023. She was the winner of the 2014 Australasian Association of Philosophy Media Professionals’ Award and in 2016 was shortlisted for Editor of the Year in the Stack Awards. Antonia was ‘philosopher in residence’ for the 2016 Brisbane Writers’ Festival and speaks regularly on philosophy, technology, the media, and ethics. She was the co-founder and host of the monthly philosophical discussion series ‘Bright Thinking’. New Philosopher and Womankind have won multiple awards around the world, including Stack Magazine ’s prestigious ‘Magazine of the Decade’ for New Philosopher in 2020. New Philosopher is distributed in 32 countries and is translated into Korean, Arabic, and Chinese. Klappentext What is a meaningful life? What does it mean to flourish? Antonia Case, the co-founder of New Philosopher and Womankind magazines, quits her corporate job in the city and, with her partner, travels across the world in search of meaning. In a quest to find answers, she turns off the soundtrack of the media, rids herself of technology, and with little more than books as carry-on luggage, she journeys from Buenos Aires to Paris, from Barcelona to Byron Bay, seeking guidance from ancient philosophers and modern-day psychologists on what is a good life, and what is a life worth living. Along the way she discovers why winning the lottery doesn't make you happy, why making is better than having, and how love and belonging are vital to our sense of selves.Packed with insight into life's big questions, Flourish will take you on a riveting journey in search of what matters most. Vorwort Is the possibility of becoming your 'ideal self' just wishful thinking? The founder of New Philosopher and Womankind takes us on her own journey around the world to find out. Zusammenfassung What is a meaningful life? What does it mean to flourish? Antonia Case, the co-founder of New Philosopher and Womankind magazines, quits her corporate job in the city and, with her partner, travels across the world in search of meaning. In a quest to find answers, she turns off the soundtrack of the media, rids herself of technology, and with little more than books as carry-on luggage, she journeys from Buenos Aires to Paris, from Barcelona to Byron Bay, seeking guidance from ancient philosophers and modern-day psychologists on what is a good life, and what is a life worth living. Along the way she discovers why winning the lottery doesn't make you happy, why making is better than having, and how love and belonging are vital to our sense of selves.Packed with insight into life's big questions, Flourish will take you on a riveting journey in search of what matters most. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface 1 Brisbane, Australia 2 Leaving Home 3 Buenos Aires, Argentina 4 Bariloche, Argentina 5 Ushuaia, Argentina 6 Chile 7 Peru 8 Baños, Ecuador 9 Panama 10 Nicaragua 11 Brisbane, Australia 12 Paris, France 13 Paris, France 14 Barcelona, Spain 15 Byron Bay, Australia 16 Byron Bay, Australia 17 Bangalow, Australia 18 Hobart, Tasmania 19 Ireland 20 Back Home Epilogue Acknowledgements Index ...
