Why Our Decisions Don't Matter

In this slim volume, students will find readings, poems, quotations, and images from across the millennia that consider ''Why Our Decisions Don''t Matter.'' Together with Simon Van Booy''s commentary, these gems of wisdom will introduce students to a question that has long confronted humankind and encourage discussion and further reading.

About the author

Simon Van Booy is the author of two novels and two collections of short stories, including The Secret Lives of People in Love and Love Begins in Winter, which won the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award. He is the editor of three philosophy books and has written for The New York Times, The Guardian, NPR, and the BBC. His work has been translated into fourteen languages. He lives in Brooklyn with his wife and daughter.

Product details

• Authors: Simon Van Booy, Simon Van Booy, Van Booy Simon
• Publisher: Harper Perennial USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 24.08.2010
• EAN: 9780061845550
• ISBN: 978-0-06-184555-0
• No. of pages: 208
• Dimensions: 114 mm x 181 mm x 13 mm
• Series: HarperPerennial; Harperperennial Modern Thought
• Subjects: Guides > Spirituality > Esoterics; Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; BODY, MIND & SPIRIT: Inspiration & Personal Growth, PHILOSOPHY: General, PHILOSOPHY: MODERN, non-fiction;nonfiction;philosophy;theory;2009;2010;2011, PHILOSOPHY: Essays, PHILOSOPHY: History & Surveys / Modern, PHILOSOPHY: Eastern, PHILOSOPHY: Political, non-fiction;philosophy;theory philosophy;2009;2010;2011