How to be : life lessons from the early Greeks
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Published
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2023.
Edition
First American edition.
Status
Rapid City Public Library - New Book - Adult
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Published
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2023.
Format
Book
Edition
First American edition.
Physical Desc
356 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm
Language
English
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description
"Adam Nicolson crafts a geography of the ancient world and a brilliant exploration of our connections to the past"--
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Before the Greeks, the idea of the world was dominated by god-kings and their priests. Twenty-five hundred years ago, in a succession of small eastern Mediterranean harbor cities, a few heroic men and women decided to cast off mental subservience and apply their own thinking minds to the conundrums of life. These great innovators shaped the beginnings of western philosophy. Through the questioning voyager Odysseus, Homer explored how we might navigate our way through the world. Heraclitus, in Ephesus, was the first to consider the interrelatedness of things. Xenophanes of Colophon was the first champion of civility. On the Aegean island of Lesbos, the early lyric poets Sappho and Alcaeus asked themselves, "How can I be true to myself?" On Samos, Pythagoras imagined an everlasting soul and took his ideas to Italy, where they flowered again in surprising and radical forms. The award-winning writer Adam Nicolson travels with us through this transforming world and asks what light these ancient thinkers can throw on our deepest preconceptions. Enhanced with maps, photographs, and artwork. How to Be is an expedition into early ideas. Nicolson takes us to the dawn of investigative thought and makes the fundamental questions of the ancient philosophers new again. What are the principles of the physical world? How can we be good in it? And why do we continue to ask these questions? It is an enthralling, exhilarating journey.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Nicolson, A. (2023). How to be: life lessons from the early Greeks (First American edition.). Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Nicolson, Adam, 1957-. 2023. How to Be: Life Lessons From the Early Greeks. Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Nicolson, Adam, 1957-. How to Be: Life Lessons From the Early Greeks Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2023.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Nicolson, Adam. How to Be: Life Lessons From the Early Greeks First American edition., Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2023.
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