Marie Robert

Advice for modern dilemmas from the greatest Western philosophers. How can Kant comfort you when you get ditched via text message? How can Aristotle cure your hangover? How can Heidegger make you feel better when your dog dies? When You Kant Figure It Out, Ask a Philosopher explains how pearls of wisdom from the greatest Western philosophers can help us face and make light of some of the daily challenges of modern life. In twelve clever, accessible chapters, you'll get advice from Epicurus about how to disconnect from constant news alerts and social media updates, Nietzsche's take on getting in shape, John Stuart Mill's tips for handling bad birthday presents, and many other classic insights to help you navigate life today. Hilarious, practical, and edifying, When You Kant Figure It Out, Ask a Philosopher brings the best thinkers of the past into the 21st Century to help us all make sense of a chaotic new world.

Timeless Wisdom for Modern Dilemmas

When You Kant Figure It Out, Ask a Philosopher

Luce Lebart

World History of Women Photographers

Meg Richardson

Philosophy for Everyday Emergencies

Keep It Together

Sen Çözemezsen Kant Çözer

Ob man nun bei Ikea verzweifelt, der erste Besuch der Schwiegereltern droht, man versetzt wird, mit einem pubertierenden Teenie unter einem Dach lebt oder es beim Feiern etwas übertrieben hat – Situationen, die einen aus dem Gleichgewicht bringen, gibt es genug. Doch wie übersteht man sie ohne Nervenzusammenbruch oder Weinkrampf? Ganz einfach – Rat suchen bei den größten Denkern der Geschichte: Was würde Kant auf eine Trennungs-SMS antworten? Wie würde Aristoteles mit einem Kater umgehen? Ist das Gras grüner bei Epikur? Endlich kommen die Philosophen raus aus den Bibliotheken und rein in den Alltag!

Überlebenstipps für den Alltag von den 12 größten Philosophen

Auf einen Kaffee mit Kant

Bernard Loupias

Clara Bastid

Avec Jazz magazine, vingt ans d'avant-garde (1954-1974)

Jazz power ! L'aventure Jazz magazine, 1954-1974

Nienke Bakker

Isolde Pludermacher

Richard Thomson

Guy Cogeval

From the scandalous Olympia by Édouard Manet to Degas's The Absinthe Drinker, from Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec and Edvard Munch's forays into brothels to the bold figures and caricature portraits of Georges Rouault, Kees Van Dongen, and Pablo Picasso, this book foregrounds how the shadowy domain of prostitution played a central role in the development of modern painting. In nine chapters, readers roam the streets of Paris and head into its maisons closes and private boudoirs, where courtesans--often actresses, singers, or dancers--were looked after by rich protectors. These famous paintings, sculptures, lithographs, sketches, and press clippings are given context within the moral framework of a time when prostitution was considered--depending on the point of view--as an unavoidable or enticing evil. The catalogue also demonstrates how the works of art are intrinsically bound to the literary works of the period, in which Balzac, Baudelaire, and Zola negotiated parallel questions of presentation and representation, reverie and reality. Comprehensive appendices include a complete list of works featured in the exhibition organized by medium, a selected bibliography, and an index of names. The book powerfully evokes the ambivalent place held by prostitutes in the midst of nascent modernity--from the splendours of the demimondaines to the miseries of the working girl pierreuses.

Images of Prostitution in France 1850-1910

Splendours and Miseries

Harness the power of ideas to overcome the hurdles of daily life, with advice from the greatest Western philosophers. This international bestseller will introduce you to twelve thinkers who can help you to keep it together, even when everything in your life seems to be falling apart. You'll get advice from Epicurus about how to disconnect from digital media, Aristotle’s help with curing hangovers, Nietzsche’s take on getting in shape, John Stuart Mill’s tips for dealing with nightmare social occasions, and many other classic insights to help you navigate life today. This is philosophy for the real world: the key ideas that can guide you through life’s difficult times, when you’re angry, embarrassed, scared, or confused. It turns out that many of our contemporary crises are far from new. As teacher and philosophy professor Marie Robert shows, sometimes the best solutions to modern problems are timeless.

philosophy for everyday emergencies

Marie Robert

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