![]() ![]() ![]() Writing with wisdom and wit, Setiya makes a wry but passionate case for philosophy as a guide to life. Ranging from Aristotle, Schopenhauer, and John Stuart Mill to Virginia Woolf and Simone de Beauvoir, as well as drawing on Setiya's own experience, Midlife combines imaginative ideas, surprising insights, and practical advice. He has also been active in public philosophy and hosts a podcast, Five Questions, in. Setiya is a co-editor of Philosophers Imprint. 1 He is known for his work in ethics, epistemology, and the philosophy of mind. And you will learn what it would mean to live in the present, how it could solve your midlife crisis, and why meditation helps. Kieran Setiya is a Professor of Philosophy at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. You will be introduced to philosophical consolations for mortality. ![]() You will learn why missing out might be a good thing, how options are overrated, and when you should be glad you made a mistake. But having got to where he’d wanted to be, he says, the basic structure of my life had now sort of dropped out. I had been building my life around demanding goals, and I had been very lucky in how they’d turned out. How can you reconcile yourself with the lives you will never lead, with possibilities foreclosed, and with nostalgia for lost youth? How can you accept the failings of the past, the sense of futility in the tasks that consume the present, and the prospect of death that blights the future? In this self-help book with a difference, Kieran Setiya confronts the inevitable challenges of adulthood and middle age, showing how philosophy can help you thrive. Setiya’s own midlife crisis kicked in soon after he’d turned 35 and seen many of his ambitions already realized. ![]()
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