"Highly engaging and Vernon has a good eye for the colourfully weird detail."
Plato's Podcasts
The Ancients' Guide to Modern Living
Description
Use Ancient Wisdom to revitalise your life!
Do you ever get the feeling that something went wrong? What with credit crunches, wars, congestion charges, and unemployment, it is natural to hark back to less complicated times. In this witty and inspiring book, Mark Vernon does just that. However, we are not talking about the 1980s - try 400BC! Filled with timeless insight into life, relationships, work and partying, "Plato's Podcasts" takes a sideways glance at modern living and presents the would-be thoughts of Ancient Philosophers on various topics central to our 21st century existence. From Plato on pod casts to Epicurus on bottled water, this is a funny but profound take on what life means today (and two thousand years ago).
Reviews
"Engaging and stimulating, full of fascinating anecdotes and provocative contentions. If you want to find out more about how philosophy began, then Vernon is your guide. "
"Bravo! A wonderfiully lucid and engaging exploration of what the ancient world can teach the modern."
"Ancient wisdom goes modern in this unique book. Vernon encapsulates the lives and wisdom of the ancient sages in a way that speaks to the problems of the present."
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