Midlife

Resumen del libro

How can you reconcile yourself with the lives you will never lead, with possibilities foreclosed, and with nostalgia for lost youth? How can you accept the failings of the past, the sense of futility in the tasks that consume the present, and the prospect of death that blights the future? In this self-help book with a difference, Kieran Setiya confronts the inevitable challenges of adulthood and middle age, showing how philosophy can help you thrive. You will learn why missing out might be a good thing, how options are overrated, and when you should be glad you made a mistake. You will be introduced to philosophical consolations for mortality.

And you will learn what it would mean to live in the present, how it could solve your midlife crisis, and why meditation helps. Ranging from Aristotle, Schopenhauer, and John Stuart Mill to Virginia Woolf and Simone de Beauvoir, as well as drawing on Setiya's own experience, Midlife combines imaginative ideas, surprising insights, and practical advice. Writing with wisdom and wit, Setiya makes a wry but passionate case for philosophy as a guide to life.

Biografía del autor

Kieran Setiya es profesor de Filosofía en el MIT, y se ha especializado en los campos de la ética, la epistemología y la filosofía de la mente. Las obras de Kieran Setiya han aparecido en Los Ángeles Review of Books, el Times Literary Suplement, la London Review of Book y The New York Times. <br> Se dio a conocer al gran público con En mitad de la vida (2019), que ha sido ampliamente elogiado por The New Yorker, The Wall Street Journal y el Times Literary Supplement y se ha traducido a una docena de idiomas.