Displaying 1 of 1 2012 Format: Book Author: Klein, Daniel M., 1939- Title: Travels with Epicurus : a journey to a Greek island in search of a fulfilled life / Daniel Klein. Publisher, Date: New York : Penguin Books, 2012. Description: x, 164 pages ; 19 cm Summary: Describes how the author journeyed to Greece with a suitcase full of philosophy books in order to learn how to achieve a fulfilling old age, explaining how he came to regard old age as a life stage filled with simple and heady pleasures. Subjects: Epicurus. Epicureans (Greek philosophy) Life. Hydra (Greece) -- Description and travel. Contents: Table at Dimitri's Taverna : on seeking a philosophy of old age -- Old Greek's olive trees : on Epicurus's philosophy of fulfillment -- Deserted terrace : on time and worry beads -- Tasso's rain-spattered photographs : on solitary reflection -- Sirocco of youth's beauty : on existential authenticity -- Tintinnabulation of sheep bells : on mellowing to metaphysics -- Iphigenia's guest : on stoicism and old old age -- Burning boat in Kamini Harbor : on the timeliness of spirituality -- Returning home : on a mindful old age. LCCN: 2012028559 ISBN: 9780143121930 0143121936 Other Number: 794363370 System Availability: 1 Current Holds: 0 # Local items: 1 Control Number: 347490 # Local items in: 1 # System items in: 1 Call Number: 187 Klein Place Hold Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Availability Map It Suggestions and more Displaying 1 of 1
