| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 129 pages) |
| Series |
The art of living series |
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Art of living series (Acumen Publishing)
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| Contents |
The body -- Time -- Weight and lightness -- Loneliness -- Flesh and blood -- Nostalgia -- Boredom -- Guilt -- Suicide -- Pleasure -- Plenitude -- Conversation -- Children -- Spectacle |
| Summary |
Middle age, for many, marks a key period for a radical reappraisal of one's life and way of living. The sense of time running out, both from the perspective that one's life has ground to a halt, and from the point of view of the greater closeness of death, and the sense of loneliness engendered by the compromised and wasteful nature of life, become ever clearer in mid-life, and can lead to a period of dramatic self doubt. In this book, the philosopher Christopher Hamilton (early 40s) explores the moods, emotions and experiences of middle age in the contemporary world, seeking to describe and an |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 123-126) |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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English |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Middle age -- Philosophy
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PHILOSOPHY -- Movements -- Humanism.
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Middle age -- Philosophy
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781844654314 |
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1844654311 |
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9781317488453 |
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1317488458 |
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9781317488446 |
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131748844X |
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1315710277 |
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9781315710273 |
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1283456729 |
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9781283456722 |
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9786613456724 |
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6613456721 |
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