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.

Info autore

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.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Simon Van Booy, Simon Van Booy, Van Booy Simon
• Editore: Harper Perennial USA
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 24.08.2010
• EAN: 9780061845550
• ISBN: 978-0-06-184555-0
• Pagine: 208
• Dimensioni: 114 mm x 181 mm x 13 mm
• Serie: HarperPerennial; Harperperennial Modern Thought
• Categorie: Guide e manuali > Spiritualità > Esoterismo; Saggistica > Filosofia, religione > Filosofia: tematiche generali, opere di consultazione; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Filosofia > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie; Business and Management, Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy, social and political philosophy, Western philosophy from c 1800, Philosophy of religion, Spirituality and religious experience, Gender studies: women and girls, 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, Philosophy / Modern