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Why Our Decisions Don't Matter - (Harperperennial Modern Thought) by Simon Van Booy (Paperback)
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- Provocative and eye-opening, Why Our Decisions Don't Matter is one of three slim selections of philosophical texts and excerpts--along with Why We Need Love and Why We Fight--introduced and contextualized by acclaimed author Simon Van Booy (Love Begins in Winter, The Secret Lives of People in Love).
- Author(s): Simon Van Booy
- 208 Pages
- Philosophy, Free Will & Determinism
- Series Name: Harperperennial Modern Thought
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Provocative and eye-opening, Why Our Decisions Don t Matter is one of three slim selections of philosophical texts and excerpts along with Why We Need Love and Why We Fight introduced and contextualized by acclaimed author Simon Van Booy (Love Begins in Winter, The Secret Lives of People in Love)."Book Synopsis
Provocative and eye-opening, Why Our Decisions Don't Matter is one of three slim selections of philosophical texts and excerpts--along with Why We Need Love and Why We Fight--introduced and contextualized by acclaimed author Simon Van Booy (Love Begins in Winter, The Secret Lives of People in Love).
This book explores how some of the greatest minds of civilization have tackled a question that continues to play a vital part in our lives today. In Why Our Decisions Don't Matter, Simon Van Booy curates an enlightening collection of excerpts, passages, and paintings, presenting works by Homer, Sophocles, Horace, Shakespeare, Rembrandt, Voltaire, Blake, Dickinson, Twain, Rilke, Camus, Kerouac, Sartre, Borges, Beckett, and others.
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Vital insights and wisdom on the perennial question of why our decisions don't matter
This book explores how some of the greatest minds of civilization have tackled a question that continues to play a vital part in our lives today. In Why Our Decisions Don't Matter, Simon Van Booy curates an enlightening collection of excerpts, passages, and paintings, presenting works by Homer, Sophocles, Horace, Shakespeare, Rembrandt, Voltaire, Blake, Dickinson, Twain, Rilke, Camus, Kerouac, Sartre, Borges, Beckett, and others.
Why Our Decisions Don't Matter will engage both the serious philosopher and the eternally curious.