EAN: 9780593538210

LIFE IS HARD - KIERAN SETIYA GEBUNDEN

NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE NEW YORKER AND THE ECONOMISTLife Is Hard is a humane
consolation for challenging times. Reading it is like speaking with a thoughtful friend who
never tells you to cheer up  but  by offering gentle companionship and a change of perspective
makes you feel better anyway.” —The New York Times Book Review There is no cure for the human
condition: life is hard. But Kieran Setiya believes philosophy can help. He offers us a map for
navigating rough terrain  from personal trauma to the injustice and absurdity of the world. In
this profound and personal book  Setiya shows how the tools of philosophy can help us find our
way. Drawing on ancient and modern philosophy as well as fiction  history  memoir  film  comedy
social science  and stories from Setiya’s own experience  Life Is Hard is a book for this
moment—a work of solace and compassion. Warm  accessible  and good-humored  this book is about
making the best of a bad lot. It offers guidance for coping with pain and making new friends 
for grieving the lost and failing with grace  for confronting injustice and searching for
meaning in life. Countering pop psychologists and online influencers who admonish us to find
our bliss” and live our best lives ” Setiya acknowledges that the best is often out of reach.
Instead  he asks how we can weather life’s adversities  finding hope and living well when life
is hard.

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