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Compares aspects of the modern world to everyday life in 400 B.C., imagining the likely opinions of ancient philosophers ranging from the naked Gymnosophists to the barrel-dwelling Diogenes on 21st-century topics.

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Autor principal: Vernon, Mark, 1966-
Formato: Libro
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford ; New York : Oneworld, 2009.
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505 0 |a Pythagoras and the search for meaning -- Sappho and the art of paying attention -- Plato and a love of conversation -- Diogenes the Cynic on the deceptiveness of fame -- Diotima of Mantinea on sometimes not having sex -- Aristotle on surviving unpopularity -- Pyrrho of Elis on suspending disbelief -- Epicurus on why less is more -- Zeno of Citium on the psychology of shopping -- Aristippus the Cyrenaic and a common misunderstanding about pleasure -- Onesicritus hears the call to live more simply -- Cleanthes the Water-Carrier on working so hard you miss what you want -- Hipparchia of Maroneia on marrying for love -- Bion of Borysthenes and the wisdom of changing your mind -- Menippus of Gadara on the seriousness of laughing -- Marcus Manilius on the exercise of free will -- Secundus the Silent on the dangers of travel -- Sextus Empiricus and the folly of food fads -- Hypatia of Alexandria on living in times of violence -- Socrates and being towards death. 
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650 0 |a Ethics, Ancient. 
650 0 |a Civilization, Modern  |y 21st century. 
650 0 |a Civilization, Ancient. 
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650 7 |a Civilización antigua.  |2 UDESA