Rome as a Guide to the Good Life: A Philosophical Grand Tour Samuelson Scott
A unique, portable guidebook that sketches Rome's great philosophical tradition while also providing an engaging travel companion to the city.This is a guidebook to Rome for those interested in both…
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A unique, portable guidebook that sketches Rome's great philosophical tradition while also providing an engaging travel companion to the city.This is a guidebook to Rome for those interested in both la dolce vita and what the ancient Romans called the vita beata--the good life. Philosopher Scott Samuelson offers a thinker's tour of the Eternal City, rooting ideas from this philosophical tradition within the geography of the city itself. As he introduces the city's great works of art and its most famous sites--the Colosseum, the Forum, and the Campo dei Fiori--Samuelson also gets to the heart of the knotty ethical and emotional questions they pose. Practicing philosophy in place, Rome as a Guide to the Good Life tackles the profound questions that most tours of Rome only bracket. What does all this history tell us about who we are?In addition to
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