Urging readers not to accept victimhood as an inevitable by-product of modern life, this book uses specific case studies from Dr. Marinoff's counseling practice to show how wisdom from the great thinkers can help individuals define their personal philosophy. Questions that go to the heart of the human condition are discussed, such as: How do we know what is right? How can we cope with change? and How can we use the centuries of wisdom before us to help answer these questions and feel at ease in the world? Accessible, entertaining, and profoundly useful, this guide illuminates how a shift in perspective can be life changing.
Lou Marinoff, Ph.D., is a philosophy professor at the City College of New York, a pioneer of the philosophical practice movement in North America, and president of the American Philosophical Practitioners Association (AAPA). He is the author of Philosophical Practice and Plato, Not Prozac! He lives in Jersey City, New Jersey.