Best for: Philosophy students, maybe? In a nutshell: Philosopher William Irvine looks at the ‘aha’ moments in religion, morality, math, science and art. Line that sticks with me: “More generally, when I cannot give reasons for the moral beliefs I hold, I take it as compelling evidence that I need to take a closer look at those beliefs.” Why I chose it: I needed a little philosophy. Review: I’m not totally sure what this book meant to be. The writing is good, but the overall […]
Not My Life Philosophy
This book took me forever to get through. It is gift-book sized and has fewer than 300 pages, but it was a slog. Some of the information was interesting, for sure, but if Professor Irvine’s understanding of Stoicism is correct, there are definitely a few things that I definitely disagree with. The book starts with a bit of a background on Stoicism, and how it is misunderstood. Since we commonly use the word stoic to mean unemotional and humorless, Prof. Irvine argues that this is […]