Driving with Plato : the meaning of life's milestones / Robert Rowland Smith.
Smith, Robert Rowland.
2011
BD431 .S59 2011 (Mapit)
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Title Driving with Plato : the meaning of life's milestones / Robert Rowland Smith.
Author Smith, Robert Rowland.
Edition 1st Free Press hardcover ed.
ISBN 9781439186879
1439186871
9781439186886 (paperback)
143918688X (paperback)
Imprint New York : Free Press, 2011.
Language English
Description xvi, 234 p. ; 20 cm.
Call Number BD431 .S59 2011
Dewey Decimal Classification 128
Summary In this book the author shares an intellectual "drive through" life's milestones, being born, learning to drive, and getting married, all with apropos philosophy. Drawing on philosophy, art, literature and psychology, this title explores the real meaning of the hoops we all have to jump through. In it, you may hear from Aristotle on starting school, learn from St Paul about falling in love, and get tips from Cicero on becoming wise in old age.
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Being born
Learning to walk and talk
Starting school
Learning to ride a bike
Taking exams
Having your first kiss
Losing your virginity
Passing your driving test
Casting your first vote
Getting a job
Falling in love
Tying the knot
Having children
Moving house
Going through a mid-life crisis
Getting divorced
Retiring
Living the third age
Going out in style.

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