How to Be an Epicurean: The Ancient Art of Living Well
By: Catherine Wilson
3.40
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A leading philosopher shows that if the pursuit of happiness is the question, Epicureanism is the a…
Want to Read $ 17.99"Although there are alternative perceptions, there are no alternative facts."-Catherine Wilson, How to Be an Epicurean: The Ancient Art of Living Well
"Although there are alternative perceptions, there are no alternative facts."-Catherine Wilson, How to Be an Epicurean: The Ancient Art of Living Well
"It is impossible to live pleasantly without living prudently, honourably and justly, and impossible to live prudently, honourably and justly without living pleasantly. ~ Epicurus"-Catherine Wilson, How to Be an Epicurean: The Ancient Art of Living Well
"It is impossible to live pleasantly without living prudently, honourably and justly, and impossible to live prudently, honourably and justly without living pleasantly. ~ Epicurus"-Catherine Wilson, How to Be an Epicurean: The Ancient Art of Living Well
If you liked the philosophy plot in How to Be an Epicurean: The Ancient Art of Living Well by Catherine Wilson , here is a list of 20 books like this:
1. Rome's Last Citizen: The Life and Legacy of Cato, Mortal Enemy of Caesar
By: Rob Goodman , Jimmy Soni
4.16
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
The first biography of the final man to stand against Caesar—whose principles and defiance became … read more
Want to Read $ 12.99Similar categories in Rob Goodman's Rome's Last Citizen: The Life and Legacy of Cato, Mortal Enemy of Caesar book and Catherine Wilson's How to Be an Epicurean: The Ancient Art of Living Well
- philosophy
- nonfiction
- history
2. Down Below
By: Leonora Carrington , Debra Taub
3.84
Format: 56 pages, Paperback
Black Swan Press 1983 Surrealist Editions Paperback. read more
Want to Read $ 8.99Similar categories in Leonora Carrington's Down Below book and Catherine Wilson's How to Be an Epicurean: The Ancient Art of Living Well
- nonfiction
"I think she was mistaken when she said I was torturing myself. I think that she interpreted me fragmentarily, which is worse than not to interpret at all."-Leonora Carrington, Down Below
"I am afraid I am going to drift into fiction, truthful but incomplete, for lack of some details which I cannot conjure up today and which might have enlightened us. This morning, the idea of the egg …"-Leonora Carrington, Down Below
3. American Philosophy: A Love Story
By: John Kaag
3.85
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
John Kaag is a dispirited young philosopher at sea in his marriage and his career when he stumbles … read more
Want to Read $ 11.99Similar categories in John Kaag's American Philosophy: A Love Story book and Catherine Wilson's How to Be an Epicurean: The Ancient Art of Living Well
- philosophy
- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
4. The Spook Who Sat by the Door
By: Sam Greenlee
3.65
Format: 135 pages, Paperback
This book is both a satire of the civil rights problems in the United States in the late 60s and a … read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Sam Greenlee's The Spook Who Sat by the Door book and Catherine Wilson's How to Be an Epicurean: The Ancient Art of Living Well
5. Travels with Epicurus: A Journey to a Greek Island in Search of a Fulfilled Life
By: Daniel Klein
4.36
Format: None pages, Hardcover
One of the bestselling authors of Plato and a Platypustravels to Greece with a suitcase full of phi… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Daniel Klein's Travels with Epicurus: A Journey to a Greek Island in Search of a Fulfilled Life book and Catherine Wilson's How to Be an Epicurean: The Ancient Art of Living Well
- philosophy
- nonfiction
- self help
6. The Art of Happiness
By: Epicurus , George K. Strodach
4.19
Format: 294 pages, ebook
New to Penguin Classics and the perfect companion volume to bestselling author Daniel Klein's new b… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Epicurus's The Art of Happiness book and Catherine Wilson's How to Be an Epicurean: The Ancient Art of Living Well
- philosophy
- nonfiction
- self help
7. Nietzsche
By: Stefan Zweig , Alzir Hella , Olivier Bournac
4.33
Format: 260 pages, Paperback
La vie de Nietzsche: une pratique de la philosophie qui est un art avec ses plaisirs et ses tourmen… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Stefan Zweig's Nietzsche book and Catherine Wilson's How to Be an Epicurean: The Ancient Art of Living Well
- philosophy
- nonfiction
- history
8. Why Grow Up?: Subversive Thoughts for an Infantile Age
By: Susan Neiman
4.29
Format: 128 pages, Hardcover
Our culture is obsessed with youth-and why not? What's the appeal of growing old, of gaining respon… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Susan Neiman's Why Grow Up?: Subversive Thoughts for an Infantile Age book and Catherine Wilson's How to Be an Epicurean: The Ancient Art of Living Well
- philosophy
- nonfiction
- psychology
- self help
9. Град обреченный
By: Arkady Strugatsky , Boris Strugatsky , Аркадий Стругацкий , Борис Стругацкий
3.71
Format: 101 pages, Paperback
Arkady and Boris Strugatsky are widely considered the greatest of Russian science fiction masters, … read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Arkady Strugatsky's Град обреченный book and Catherine Wilson's How to Be an Epicurean: The Ancient Art of Living Well
- philosophy
10. City of Fortune: How Venice Won and Lost a Naval Empire
By: Roger Crowley
3.92
Format: 98 pages, Hardcover
A magisterial work of gripping history, City of Fortune tells the story of the Venetian ascent from… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Roger Crowley's City of Fortune: How Venice Won and Lost a Naval Empire book and Catherine Wilson's How to Be an Epicurean: The Ancient Art of Living Well
- nonfiction
- history
11. The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression
By: Andrew Solomon
3.00
Format: None pages,
Sometimes, the legacy of depression includes a wisdom beyond one's years, a depth of passion unexpe… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Andrew Solomon's The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression book and Catherine Wilson's How to Be an Epicurean: The Ancient Art of Living Well
12. Cicero: The Life and Times of Rome's Greatest Politician
By: Anthony Everitt
4.11
Format: None pages, Paperback
"All ages of the world have not produced a greater statesman and philosopher combined." --John Adam… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Anthony Everitt's Cicero: The Life and Times of Rome's Greatest Politician book and Catherine Wilson's How to Be an Epicurean: The Ancient Art of Living Well
13. The Art of Frugal Hedonism: A Guide to Spending Less While Enjoying Everything More
By: None , None
4.67
Format: 46 pages,
It sounds too good to be true. You can save money and the world, inoculate yourself against many of… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in None's The Art of Frugal Hedonism: A Guide to Spending Less While Enjoying Everything More book and Catherine Wilson's How to Be an Epicurean: The Ancient Art of Living Well
14. How to Be a Stoic: Using Ancient Philosophy to Live a Modern Life
By: Massimo Pigliucci
3.85
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
In the tradition of How to Liveand How Proust Can Change Your Life, a philosopher asks how ancient … read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Massimo Pigliucci's How to Be a Stoic: Using Ancient Philosophy to Live a Modern Life book and Catherine Wilson's How to Be an Epicurean: The Ancient Art of Living Well
15. Determined: A Science of Life without Free Will
By: Robert M. Sapolsky
4.25
Format: 528 pages, Hardcover
One of our great behavioral scientists, the bestselling author of Behave, plumbs the depths of the … read more
Want to Read $ 18.99Similar categories in Robert M. Sapolsky's Determined: A Science of Life without Free Will book and Catherine Wilson's How to Be an Epicurean: The Ancient Art of Living Well
- psychology
- philosophy
- nonfiction
- sociology
- audiobook
"I’m being diplomatic. Many readers will know of the “replication crisis"-Robert M. Sapolsky, Determined: A Science of Life without Free Will
"Obviously, imposing these classifications on determinism, free will, and moral responsibility is wildly simplified. A key simplification is pretending that most people have clean “yes"-Robert M. Sapolsky, Determined: A Science of Life without Free Will
"You cannot decide all the sensory stimuli in your environment, your hormone levels this morning, whether something traumatic happened to you in the past, the socioeconomic status of your parents, you…"-Robert M. Sapolsky, Determined: A Science of Life without Free Will
16. Humanly Possible: Seven Hundred Years of Humanist Freethinking, Inquiry, and Hope
By: Sarah Bakewell
4.03
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
The bestselling author of How to Live and At the Existentialist Café explores seven hundred years o… read more
Want to Read $ 14.99Similar categories in Sarah Bakewell's Humanly Possible: Seven Hundred Years of Humanist Freethinking, Inquiry, and Hope book and Catherine Wilson's How to Be an Epicurean: The Ancient Art of Living Well
- history
- philosophy
- nonfiction
- spirituality
- audiobook
17. How to Be Free: An Ancient Guide to the Stoic Life (Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers)
By: Epictetus
4.11
Format: 173 pages, Hardcover
A superb new edition of Epictetus's famed handbook on Stoicism--translated by one of the world's le… read more
Want to Read $ 9.99Similar categories in Epictetus's How to Be Free: An Ancient Guide to the Stoic Life (Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers) book and Catherine Wilson's How to Be an Epicurean: The Ancient Art of Living Well
- audiobook
- history
- psychology
- philosophy
- nonfiction
- spirituality
- self help
"A companion's crudeness is bound to rub off on the one he is with, no matter how refined that person may be."-Epictetus, How to Be Free: An Ancient Guide to the Stoic Life (Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers)
"Don't we recall that no one does injury or benefit to another, but that the cause of each of these things is a judgement."-Epictetus, How to Be Free: An Ancient Guide to the Stoic Life (Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers)
"Don't ask for things to happen as you would like them to, but wish them to happen as they actually do, and you will be all right."-Epictetus, How to Be Free: An Ancient Guide to the Stoic Life (Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers)
"But to myself all predictions are favorable if I wish them to be, since it is up to me to benefit from the outcome, whatever it may be."-Epictetus, How to Be Free: An Ancient Guide to the Stoic Life (Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers)
18. Hiking with Nietzsche: On Becoming Who You Are
By: John Kaag
3.67
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
A revelatory Alpine journey in the spirit of the great Romantic thinker Friedrich NietzscheHiking w… read more
Want to Read $ 11.99Similar categories in John Kaag's Hiking with Nietzsche: On Becoming Who You Are book and Catherine Wilson's How to Be an Epicurean: The Ancient Art of Living Well
- self help
- psychology
- philosophy
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"As it turns out, to ‘become who you are’ is not about finding a ‘who’ you have always been looking for. It is not about separating ‘you’ off from everything else. And it is not about existing as you …"-John Kaag, Hiking with Nietzsche: On Becoming Who You Are
19. How to Think Like a Roman Emperor: The Stoic Philosophy of Marcus Aurelius
By: Donald J. Robertson
4.36
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
The life-changing principles of Stoicism taught through the story of its most famous proponent.Roma… read more
Want to Read $ 2.99Similar categories in Donald J. Robertson's How to Think Like a Roman Emperor: The Stoic Philosophy of Marcus Aurelius book and Catherine Wilson's How to Be an Epicurean: The Ancient Art of Living Well
- audiobook
- history
- psychology
- philosophy
- nonfiction
- self help
20. The Contrarian: Peter Thiel and Silicon Valley's Pursuit of Power
By: Max Chafkin
3.59
Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition
A New York Times Notable Book A biography of venture capitalist and entrepreneur Peter Thiel, t… read more
Want to Read $ 10.99Similar categories in Max Chafkin's The Contrarian: Peter Thiel and Silicon Valley's Pursuit of Power book and Catherine Wilson's How to Be an Epicurean: The Ancient Art of Living Well
- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
21. The Holocaust: An Unfinished History
By: Dan Stone
4.28
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
A revelatory new history that reexamines the brutal reality of the Holocaust—and reinterprets the e… read more
Want to Read $ 12.99Similar categories in Dan Stone's The Holocaust: An Unfinished History book and Catherine Wilson's How to Be an Epicurean: The Ancient Art of Living Well
- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
22. Ten Planets: Stories
By: Yuri Herrera
3.54
Format: 112 pages, Paperback
A collection of fanciful, philosophical science fictions by “one of Mexico’s finest novelists” (Vul… read more
Want to Read $ 9.99Similar categories in Yuri Herrera's Ten Planets: Stories book and Catherine Wilson's How to Be an Epicurean: The Ancient Art of Living Well
23. Promise Me You'll Shoot Yourself: The Mass Suicide of Ordinary Germans in 1945
By: Florian Huber
4.08
Format: None pages, None
In 1945, as the army retreated, the German people were surrendered to the enemy with no means of de… read more
Want to Read $ 12.18Similar categories in Florian Huber's Promise Me You'll Shoot Yourself: The Mass Suicide of Ordinary Germans in 1945 book and Catherine Wilson's How to Be an Epicurean: The Ancient Art of Living Well
- nonfiction
- history
- psychology
- audiobook
24. Everyday Utopia: What 2,000 Years of Wild Experiments Can Teach Us About the Good Life
By: Kristen R. Ghodsee
3.99
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
A dazzling tour through 2,000 years of audacious utopian thinking and experiments, exploring better… read more
Want to Read $ 14.99Similar categories in Kristen R. Ghodsee's Everyday Utopia: What 2,000 Years of Wild Experiments Can Teach Us About the Good Life book and Catherine Wilson's How to Be an Epicurean: The Ancient Art of Living Well
- history
- philosophy
- nonfiction
- sociology
- audiobook
25. How to Live a Good Life: A Guide to Choosing Your Personal Philosophy
By: Massimo Pigliucci
3.74
Format: 303 pages, Kindle Edition
A collection of essays by fifteen philosophers presenting a thoughtful, introductory guide to choos… read more
Want to Read $ 8.99Similar categories in Massimo Pigliucci's How to Live a Good Life: A Guide to Choosing Your Personal Philosophy book and Catherine Wilson's How to Be an Epicurean: The Ancient Art of Living Well
- audiobook
- history
- psychology
- philosophy
- nonfiction
- spirituality
- self help
26. How to Be an Epicurean: The Ancient Art of Living Well
By: Catherine Wilson
3.40
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A leading philosopher shows that if the pursuit of happiness is the question, Epicureanism is the a… read more
Want to Read $ 17.99Similar categories in Catherine Wilson's How to Be an Epicurean: The Ancient Art of Living Well book and Catherine Wilson's How to Be an Epicurean: The Ancient Art of Living Well
- audiobook
- history
- psychology
- philosophy
- nonfiction
- spirituality
- how to
- sociology
- self help
"Although there are alternative perceptions, there are no alternative facts."-Catherine Wilson, How to Be an Epicurean: The Ancient Art of Living Well
"It is impossible to live pleasantly without living prudently, honourably and justly, and impossible to live prudently, honourably and justly without living pleasantly. ~ Epicurus"-Catherine Wilson, How to Be an Epicurean: The Ancient Art of Living Well
"The cry of the flesh: not to be hungry, not to be thirsty, not to be cold. For if someone has these things and is confident of having them in the future, he might contend even with Zeus for happiness…"-Catherine Wilson, How to Be an Epicurean: The Ancient Art of Living Well
"I ... do not even know what I should conceive the good to be, if I eliminate the pleasures of taste, and eliminate the pleasures of sex, and eliminate the pleasures of listening, and eliminate the pl…"-Catherine Wilson, How to Be an Epicurean: The Ancient Art of Living Well
27. Aristotle’s Way: How Ancient Wisdom Can Change Your Life
By: Edith Hall
3.69
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Aristotle was an extraordinary thinker, perhaps the greatest in history. Yet he was preoccupied by … read more
Want to Read $ 11.99Similar categories in Edith Hall's Aristotle’s Way: How Ancient Wisdom Can Change Your Life book and Catherine Wilson's How to Be an Epicurean: The Ancient Art of Living Well
- audiobook
- history
- psychology
- philosophy
- nonfiction
- self help
28. Elämän tarkoitus: Suuntana merkityksellinen elämä
By: Frank Martela
3.67
Format: 5 pages, Audiobook
Elämän päämääräksi tarjotaan yleensä materialismia, menestystä ja onnen tavoittelua. Elämän tarkoit… read more
Want to Read $ 3.99Similar categories in Frank Martela's Elämän tarkoitus: Suuntana merkityksellinen elämä book and Catherine Wilson's How to Be an Epicurean: The Ancient Art of Living Well
- self help
- history
- psychology
- philosophy
- nonfiction
- audiobook
29. Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI
By: Yuval Noah Harari
4.11
Format: 528 pages, Hardcover
For the last 100,000 years, we Sapiens have accumulated enormous power. But despite all our discove… read more
Want to Read $ 15.99Similar categories in Yuval Noah Harari's Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI book and Catherine Wilson's How to Be an Epicurean: The Ancient Art of Living Well
- history
- philosophy
- nonfiction
- sociology
- audiobook
30. How to Have a Life: An Ancient Guide to Using Our Time Wisely (Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers)
By: Seneca
3.91
Format: 200 pages, Hardcover
A vibrant new translation of Seneca's "On the Shortness of Life," a pointed reminder to make the mo… read more
Want to Read $ 9.99Similar categories in Seneca's How to Have a Life: An Ancient Guide to Using Our Time Wisely (Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers) book and Catherine Wilson's How to Be an Epicurean: The Ancient Art of Living Well
- audiobook
- psychology
- philosophy
- nonfiction
- self help
31. Cynicism
By: Ansgar Allen
3.78
Format: 280 pages, Paperback
A short history of cynicism, from the fearless speech of the ancient Greeks to the jaded negativity… read more
Want to Read $ 12.99Similar categories in Ansgar Allen's Cynicism book and Catherine Wilson's How to Be an Epicurean: The Ancient Art of Living Well
- philosophy
- history
- nonfiction
