Plato's podcasts : the ancients' guide to modern living
Plato's podcasts : the ancients' guide to modern living Vernon, Mark - London: Oneworld, 2009. - xxi, 215 p.: ill., 20 cm.
Includes indexes.
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.
9781851687060
BJ1595 / .V47 2009