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Availability:In StockContributor:Simon CritchleyPublish date:2009-02-10Pages:304
Language:EnglishPublisher:VintageISBN-13:9780307390431ISBN-10:307390438UPC:9780307390431Book Category:Philosophy, Biography & AutobiographyBook Subcategory:Individual Philosophers, History & Surveys, PhilosophersSize:9.02 x 4.98 x 0.91 inchesWeight:0.7915Product ID:SCCWGR3WCP

In this collection of brief lives (and deaths) of nearly two hundred of the world's greatest thinkers, noted philosopher Simon Critchley creates a register of mortality that is tragic, amusing, absurd, and exemplary. From the self-mocking haikus of Zen masters on their deathbeds to the last words of Christian saints and modern-day sages, this irresistible book contains much to inspire both amusement and reflection.

Informed by Critchley's acute insight, scholarly intelligence, and sprightly wit, each entry tells its own tale, but collected together they add up to a profound and moving investigation of meaning and the possibility of happiness for us all.

Language:EnglishPublisher:VintageISBN-13:9780307390431ISBN-10:307390438UPC:9780307390431Book Category:Philosophy, Biography & AutobiographyBook Subcategory:Individual Philosophers, History & Surveys, PhilosophersSize:9.02 x 4.98 x 0.91 inchesWeight:0.7915Product ID:SCCWGR3WCP

Simon Critchley is Hans Jonas Professor of Philosophy at the New School for Social Research. His many books include Very Little . . . Almost Nothing, The Faith of the Faithless, and The Book of Dead Philosophers. He is the series moderator of The Stone, a philosophy column in The New York Times, to which he is a frequent contributor.


Publisher: Vintage

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Simon Critchley

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