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⏳ Purpose And Mortality

Meditations on how the awareness of death sharpens the search for meaning, exploring what it means to live purposefully in the shadow of our finitude.
Life Is Short
by Dean Rickles • 2022
Death isn't what takes your life's meaning. It's the only thing that gives it any.
3.24
327
📜 Existential Philosophy🏛️ Modern Stoicism💀 Mortality And Meaning
Life Is Short Summary
Life Is Short 91%
Death isn't what takes your life's meaning. It's the only thing that gives it any.
by Dean Rickles 2022
3.24
327 ratings
📜 Existential Philosophy🏛️ Modern Stoicism💀 Mortality And Meaning
Midlife
by Kieran Setiya • 2017
A philosopher's diagnosis of the midlife crisis: you're chasing goals when you need meaning.
3.56
3k+
🏛️ Applied Philosophy🔄 Midlife Crisis💀 Mortality Acceptance
Midlife Summary
Midlife 90%
A philosopher's diagnosis of the midlife crisis: you're chasing goals when you need meaning.
by Kieran Setiya 2017
3.56
3k+ ratings
🏛️ Applied Philosophy🔄 Midlife Crisis💀 Mortality Acceptance
Staring at the Sun
by Irvin D. Yalom • 2008
Your fear of death hides in everyday worries. Facing it directly makes life fully worth living.
4.23
16k+
🖤 Death Anxiety📚 Existential Psychology💡 Meaning Making
Staring at the Sun Summary
Staring at the Sun 90%
Your fear of death hides in everyday worries. Facing it directly makes life fully worth living.
by Irvin D. Yalom 2008
4.23
16k+ ratings
🖤 Death Anxiety📚 Existential Psychology💡 Meaning Making
Very Little...Almost Nothing
by Simon Critchley • 2004
Nihilism is the norm after God. Creative resistance through literature is how meaning gets remade.
3.89
132
🌍 Continental Philosophy💀 Death Of God Theology📖 Literary Modernism
Very Little...Almost Nothing Summary
Very Little...Almost Nothing 90%
Nihilism is the norm after God. Creative resistance through literature is how meaning gets remade.
by Simon Critchley 2004
3.89
132 ratings
🌍 Continental Philosophy💀 Death Of God Theology📖 Literary Modernism
The Meaning of Life
by Terry Eagleton • 2007
Language, culture, and mortality rig the meaning-of-life question before you even pick an answer.
3.50
3k+
🧩 Meaning Making❓ Existential Questions💀 Mortality And Meaning
The Meaning of Life Summary
The Meaning of Life 90%
Language, culture, and mortality rig the meaning-of-life question before you even pick an answer.
by Terry Eagleton 2007
3.50
3k+ ratings
🧩 Meaning Making❓ Existential Questions💀 Mortality And Meaning
Driving with Plato
by Robert Rowland Smith • 2011
What does learning to walk teach about freedom? A philosophical tour through life's milestones.
3.24
278
🏛️ Everyday Philosophy🌱 Life Stages🪪 Identity Formation
Driving with Plato Summary
Driving with Plato 90%
What does learning to walk teach about freedom? A philosophical tour through life's milestones.
by Robert Rowland Smith 2011
3.24
278 ratings
🏛️ Everyday Philosophy🌱 Life Stages🪪 Identity Formation
How We Die
by Sherwin B. Nuland • 1994
A dignified death is a myth: one surgeon describes how the body actually shuts down.
4.07
9k+
🩺 End Of Life Care💀 Death And Dying🧬 Physiology Of Dying
How We Die Summary
How We Die 90%
A dignified death is a myth: one surgeon describes how the body actually shuts down.
by Sherwin B. Nuland 1994
4.07
9k+ ratings
🩺 End Of Life Care💀 Death And Dying🧬 Physiology Of Dying
Come of Age
by Stephen Jenkinson • 2018
More old people than ever. Fewer elders than ever. The connection is a cultural indictment.
4.25
173
🪦 Death And Dying🔍 Cultural Criticism⏳ Limits And Endings
Come of Age Summary
Come of Age 90%
More old people than ever. Fewer elders than ever. The connection is a cultural indictment.
by Stephen Jenkinson 2018
4.25
173 ratings
🪦 Death And Dying🔍 Cultural Criticism⏳ Limits And Endings
Who Will Cry When You Die?
by Robin Sharma • 1999
Live each day as if the eulogy is being written: 101 lessons for a regret-free life.
4.00
27k+
🪦 Mortality Reflection🧭 Life Purpose🕯️ Contemplative Living
Who Will Cry When You Die? Summary
Who Will Cry When You Die? 90%
Live each day as if the eulogy is being written: 101 lessons for a regret-free life.
by Robin Sharma 1999
4.00
27k+ ratings
🪦 Mortality Reflection🧭 Life Purpose🕯️ Contemplative Living
In My Time of Dying
by Sebastian Junger • 2024
A near-fatal aneurysm, a father's ghost, and a journalist's investigation into what lies beyond.
3.82
9k+
🏥 Medical Memoir🕳️ Near-Death Experiences💀 Mortality Studies
In My Time of Dying Summary
In My Time of Dying 90%
A near-fatal aneurysm, a father's ghost, and a journalist's investigation into what lies beyond.
by Sebastian Junger 2024
3.82
9k+ ratings
🏥 Medical Memoir🕳️ Near-Death Experiences💀 Mortality Studies
The Existentialist's Guide to Death, the Universe and Nothingness
by Gary Cox • 2011
You are free in a way you never asked for. This is what that actually costs.
4.12
121
🌍 Continental Philosophy🚶 Existentialism🔍 Phenomenology
The Existentialist's Guide to Death, the Universe and Nothingness Summary
The Existentialist's Guide to Death, the Universe and Nothingness 89%
You are free in a way you never asked for. This is what that actually costs.
by Gary Cox 2011
4.12
121 ratings
🌍 Continental Philosophy🚶 Existentialism🔍 Phenomenology
Martes con Mi Viejo Profesor
by Micht Albom • 2013
Un profesor se muere. Durante meses le enseña a su antiguo alumno lo esencial para vivir.
4.10
29
🏥 Illness Memoir🕊️ End-Of-Life Wisdom🤝 Humanistic Philosophy
Martes con Mi Viejo Profesor Summary
Martes con Mi Viejo Profesor 89%
Un profesor se muere. Durante meses le enseña a su antiguo alumno lo esencial para vivir.
by Micht Albom 2013
4.10
29 ratings
🏥 Illness Memoir🕊️ End-Of-Life Wisdom🤝 Humanistic Philosophy
The Little Book of Humanism
by Andrew Copson • 2020
No afterlife, no divine plan, no sacred text. A humanist guide to the good life.
4.09
1k+
🌍 Secular Humanism⚖️ Secular Ethics✨ Meaning Making
The Little Book of Humanism Summary
The Little Book of Humanism 89%
No afterlife, no divine plan, no sacred text. A humanist guide to the good life.
by Andrew Copson 2020
4.09
1k+ ratings
🌍 Secular Humanism⚖️ Secular Ethics✨ Meaning Making
Journey to Ixtlan
by Carlos Castaneda • 1972
A stranger's three questions expose the single mistake behind burnout, debt, and the fear of dying.
4.12
14k+
🧭 Finding Purpose⚡ Selective Effort🛒 Consumerism Critique
Journey to Ixtlan Summary
Journey to Ixtlan 89%
A stranger's three questions expose the single mistake behind burnout, debt, and the fear of dying.
by Carlos Castaneda 1972
4.12
14k+ ratings
🧭 Finding Purpose⚡ Selective Effort🛒 Consumerism Critique
Heavens on Earth
by Michael Shermer • 2018
The scientific case against the afterlife, immortality, and utopia, and why the real heaven is here.
3.88
626
🧠 Near-Death Experiences💀 Mortality Salience🔬 Scientific Skepticism
Heavens on Earth Summary
Heavens on Earth 89%
The scientific case against the afterlife, immortality, and utopia, and why the real heaven is here.
by Michael Shermer 2018
3.88
626 ratings
🧠 Near-Death Experiences💀 Mortality Salience🔬 Scientific Skepticism
The Art of Living a Meaningless Existence
by Robert Pantano • 2022
The surprising case for ignorance: why not knowing is the path to wonder and resilience.
4.34
2k+
🧠 Popular Philosophy🧭 Practical Philosophy🌊 Embracing Uncertainty
The Art of Living a Meaningless Existence Summary
The Art of Living a Meaningless Existence 89%
The surprising case for ignorance: why not knowing is the path to wonder and resilience.
by Robert Pantano 2022
4.34
2k+ ratings
🧠 Popular Philosophy🧭 Practical Philosophy🌊 Embracing Uncertainty
Advice for Future Corpses (And Those Who Love Them)
by Sallie Tisdale • 2018
How to die and how to help someone die: a nurse's unsentimental guide from diagnosis to grief.
4.14
2k+
🕊️ End Of Life Care💀 Death Acceptance🫂 Caregiver Support
Advice for Future Corpses (And Those Who Love Them) Summary
Advice for Future Corpses (And Those Who Love Them) 89%
How to die and how to help someone die: a nurse's unsentimental guide from diagnosis to grief.
by Sallie Tisdale 2018
4.14
2k+ ratings
🕊️ End Of Life Care💀 Death Acceptance🫂 Caregiver Support
Chasing Daylight
by Eugene O'Kelly • 2005
A CEO's final project: three months to turn his death into his life's best work.
3.94
4k+
🕊️ Facing Mortality⚡ Energy Management🌸 Savoring
Chasing Daylight Summary
Chasing Daylight 89%
A CEO's final project: three months to turn his death into his life's best work.
by Eugene O'Kelly 2005
3.94
4k+ ratings
🕊️ Facing Mortality⚡ Energy Management🌸 Savoring
The Worm at the Core
by Sheldon Solomon • 2015
Your culture, your self-esteem, your gods: all of it is armor against the fear of death.
4.10
2k+
🧠 Existential Psychology💀 Fear Of Death🪦 Death Denial
The Worm at the Core Summary
The Worm at the Core 89%
Your culture, your self-esteem, your gods: all of it is armor against the fear of death.
by Sheldon Solomon 2015
4.10
2k+ ratings
🧠 Existential Psychology💀 Fear Of Death🪦 Death Denial
Why Does the World Exist?
by Jim Holt • 2011
Physics, philosophy, and theology each claim to know why anything exists. None of them agree.
3.81
7k+
❓ Existential Questions🕳️ Nothingness🔭 Cosmology
Why Does the World Exist? Summary
Why Does the World Exist? 89%
Physics, philosophy, and theology each claim to know why anything exists. None of them agree.
by Jim Holt 2011
3.81
7k+ ratings
❓ Existential Questions🕳️ Nothingness🔭 Cosmology
The Big Picture
by Sean Carroll • 2016
How a purposeless cosmos produces life, mind, and the meaning we build for ourselves.
4.18
10k+
🔭 Cosmology🧬 Origin Of Life🧠 Consciousness Studies
The Big Picture Summary
The Big Picture 89%
How a purposeless cosmos produces life, mind, and the meaning we build for ourselves.
by Sean Carroll 2016
4.18
10k+ ratings
🔭 Cosmology🧬 Origin Of Life🧠 Consciousness Studies
Learning to Fall
by Philip Simmons • 2000
ALS at 35 revealed that freedom comes only when you stop holding on to everything.
4.19
498
🏥 Terminal Illness Memoir🙏 Spiritual Memoir💀 Embracing Mortality
Learning to Fall Summary
Learning to Fall 89%
ALS at 35 revealed that freedom comes only when you stop holding on to everything.
by Philip Simmons 2000
4.19
498 ratings
🏥 Terminal Illness Memoir🙏 Spiritual Memoir💀 Embracing Mortality
Life Driven Purpose
by Dan Barker • 2014
The cosmos owes you nothing. That's the starting point for building a meaning worth having.
3.88
240
🏛️ Secular Humanism⚖️ Harm Reduction Ethics🎯 Meaning Making
Life Driven Purpose Summary
Life Driven Purpose 89%
The cosmos owes you nothing. That's the starting point for building a meaning worth having.
by Dan Barker 2014
3.88
240 ratings
🏛️ Secular Humanism⚖️ Harm Reduction Ethics🎯 Meaning Making
The Philosopher and the Wolf
by Mark Rowlands • 2008
A philosopher's decade with a wolf revealed that humans misunderstand love, happiness, and death.
4.13
3k+
📖 Philosophical Memoir⚖️ Moral Philosophy🐺 Animal Consciousness
The Philosopher and the Wolf Summary
The Philosopher and the Wolf 89%
A philosopher's decade with a wolf revealed that humans misunderstand love, happiness, and death.
by Mark Rowlands 2008
4.13
3k+ ratings
📖 Philosophical Memoir⚖️ Moral Philosophy🐺 Animal Consciousness
The Five Invitations
by Frank Ostaseski • 2017
What a hospice founder learned at the bedside: five shifts that make mortality a guide.
4.45
4k+
🕰️ Impermanence💀 Death And Dying🤲 Radical Acceptance
The Five Invitations Summary
The Five Invitations 89%
What a hospice founder learned at the bedside: five shifts that make mortality a guide.
by Frank Ostaseski 2017
4.45
4k+ ratings
🕰️ Impermanence💀 Death And Dying🤲 Radical Acceptance
Carpe Diem
by Roman Alexander Krznaric • 2017
Living fully was hijacked by shopping, scheduling, and screens. Five forgotten paths to reclaim it.
3.76
385
🏛️ Philosophical Self-Help✊ Political Activism💀 Death Awareness
Carpe Diem Summary
Carpe Diem 89%
Living fully was hijacked by shopping, scheduling, and screens. Five forgotten paths to reclaim it.
by Roman Alexander Krznaric 2017
3.76
385 ratings
🏛️ Philosophical Self-Help✊ Political Activism💀 Death Awareness
A Matter of Death and Life
by Irvin D. Yalom • 2021
A dying woman and her psychiatrist husband trade chapters. When her voice stops, his grief begins.
4.40
10k+
🪦 Grief Memoir🛋️ Existential Therapy💀 Death Acceptance
A Matter of Death and Life Summary
A Matter of Death and Life 89%
A dying woman and her psychiatrist husband trade chapters. When her voice stops, his grief begins.
by Irvin D. Yalom 2021
4.40
10k+ ratings
🪦 Grief Memoir🛋️ Existential Therapy💀 Death Acceptance
The Denial of Death
by Ernest Becker • 1973
Every culture, religion, and heroic ambition is built on a single buried fear: your own death.
4.05
16k+
🧠 Existential Psychology💀 Death Anxiety📚 Existentialism
The Denial of Death Summary
The Denial of Death 89%
Every culture, religion, and heroic ambition is built on a single buried fear: your own death.
by Ernest Becker 1973
4.05
16k+ ratings
🧠 Existential Psychology💀 Death Anxiety📚 Existentialism
When Breath Becomes Air
by Paul Kalanithi • 2016
Stage IV cancer at 36: a neurosurgeon's memoir of losing the future and finding what matters.
4.41
820k+
🩻 Terminal Illness🩺 Medical Memoir🎗️ Cancer Memoir
When Breath Becomes Air Summary
When Breath Becomes Air 89%
Stage IV cancer at 36: a neurosurgeon's memoir of losing the future and finding what matters.
by Paul Kalanithi 2016
4.41
820k+ ratings
🩻 Terminal Illness🩺 Medical Memoir🎗️ Cancer Memoir
Existential Psychotherapy
by Irvin D. Yalom • 1980
Death anxiety fuels most psychological pain, and the therapist who cannot face it cannot treat it.
4.46
7k+
🛋️ Existential Psychotherapy💀 Death Awareness🎯 Personal Responsibility
Existential Psychotherapy Summary
Existential Psychotherapy 89%
Death anxiety fuels most psychological pain, and the therapist who cannot face it cannot treat it.
by Irvin D. Yalom 1980
4.46
7k+ ratings
🛋️ Existential Psychotherapy💀 Death Awareness🎯 Personal Responsibility
The Existentialist's Survival Guide
by Gordon Marino • 2018
Your anxiety is not a flaw. The existentialists saw it as proof of your freedom.
3.69
1k+
🧠 Existentialist Thought🛠️ Philosophical Self-Help✨ Authentic Living
The Existentialist's Survival Guide Summary
The Existentialist's Survival Guide 89%
Your anxiety is not a flaw. The existentialists saw it as proof of your freedom.
by Gordon Marino 2018
3.69
1k+ ratings
🧠 Existentialist Thought🛠️ Philosophical Self-Help✨ Authentic Living
Kokoro
by Beth Kempton • 2022
The Japanese call the heart's quiet intelligence kokoro. Here is how to hear it.
4.13
648
🎐 Japanese Philosophy🧘 Contemplative Living🍂 Embracing Impermanence
Kokoro Summary
Kokoro 89%
The Japanese call the heart's quiet intelligence kokoro. Here is how to hear it.
by Beth Kempton 2022
4.13
648 ratings
🎐 Japanese Philosophy🧘 Contemplative Living🍂 Embracing Impermanence
Standpoints
by Svend Brinkmann • 2018
Modernity wants a use for everything. Ten old ideas that refuse to earn their keep.
3.77
787
🚫 Anti-Self-Help🧠 Existential Philosophy🏛️ Virtue Ethics
Standpoints Summary
Standpoints 89%
Modernity wants a use for everything. Ten old ideas that refuse to earn their keep.
by Svend Brinkmann 2018
3.77
787 ratings
🚫 Anti-Self-Help🧠 Existential Philosophy🏛️ Virtue Ethics
A Short Guide to a Happy Life
by Anna Quindlen • 2000
The office won't matter at the end. In under 100 pages, what will.
3.96
10k+
🎓 Commencement Wisdom💀 Mortality And Meaning🧭 Life Priorities
A Short Guide to a Happy Life Summary
A Short Guide to a Happy Life 89%
The office won't matter at the end. In under 100 pages, what will.
by Anna Quindlen 2000
3.96
10k+ ratings
🎓 Commencement Wisdom💀 Mortality And Meaning🧭 Life Priorities
Creatures of a Day
by Irvin D. Yalom • 2015
What happens when ten people bring their mortality fears to a therapist nearing his own.
4.21
15k+
🛋️ Existential Psychotherapy📋 Case Studies💀 Death Anxiety
Creatures of a Day Summary
Creatures of a Day 88%
What happens when ten people bring their mortality fears to a therapist nearing his own.
by Irvin D. Yalom 2015
4.21
15k+ ratings
🛋️ Existential Psychotherapy📋 Case Studies💀 Death Anxiety
No Death, No Fear
by Thich Nhat Hanh • 2002
Death looks solid from here. A Zen master dismantles it, and what remains is not nothing.
4.22
6k+
🧘 Zen Buddhism💀 Fear Of Death🕊️ Grief Healing
No Death, No Fear Summary
No Death, No Fear 88%
Death looks solid from here. A Zen master dismantles it, and what remains is not nothing.
by Thich Nhat Hanh 2002
4.22
6k+ ratings
🧘 Zen Buddhism💀 Fear Of Death🕊️ Grief Healing
Seven Ways of Looking at Pointless Suffering
by Scott Samuelson • 2018
Our crusade to eliminate suffering is producing a deeper despair. Seven traditions show why.
4.00
134
😖 Meaning Of Suffering👿 Problem Of Evil🏛️ Modern Stoicism
Seven Ways of Looking at Pointless Suffering Summary
Seven Ways of Looking at Pointless Suffering 88%
Our crusade to eliminate suffering is producing a deeper despair. Seven traditions show why.
by Scott Samuelson 2018
4.00
134 ratings
😖 Meaning Of Suffering👿 Problem Of Evil🏛️ Modern Stoicism
Being Mortal
by Atul Gawande • 2014
Getting old is not a medical problem. Modern medicine treats it like one anyway.
4.49
220k+
🏥 End-Of-Life Care👴 Aging With Dignity💀 Facing Mortality
Being Mortal Summary
Being Mortal 88%
Getting old is not a medical problem. Modern medicine treats it like one anyway.
by Atul Gawande 2014
4.49
220k+ ratings
🏥 End-Of-Life Care👴 Aging With Dignity💀 Facing Mortality
On the Brink of Everything
by Parker J. Palmer • 2018
The best preparation for death isn't withdrawal from life but deeper immersion in it.
4.06
2k+
🧘 Conscious Aging📿 Spiritual Memoir🕯️ Contemplative Practice
On the Brink of Everything Summary
On the Brink of Everything 88%
The best preparation for death isn't withdrawal from life but deeper immersion in it.
by Parker J. Palmer 2018
4.06
2k+ ratings
🧘 Conscious Aging📿 Spiritual Memoir🕯️ Contemplative Practice
Still Here
by Ram Dass • 2000
Aging is your final spiritual practice. Learn to do it consciously and die awake.
4.21
2k+
🌄 Conscious Aging💀 Conscious Dying🧘 Ego Transcendence
Still Here Summary
Still Here 88%
Aging is your final spiritual practice. Learn to do it consciously and die awake.
by Ram Dass 2000
4.21
2k+ ratings
🌄 Conscious Aging💀 Conscious Dying🧘 Ego Transcendence
The Antidote
by Oliver Burkeman • 2012
Positive thinking backfires. The case for embracing failure, mortality, and worst-case scenarios.
4.04
17k+
🔄 Anti-Self-Help📚 Happiness Studies🏛️ Modern Stoicism
The Antidote Summary
The Antidote 88%
Positive thinking backfires. The case for embracing failure, mortality, and worst-case scenarios.
by Oliver Burkeman 2012
4.04
17k+ ratings
🔄 Anti-Self-Help📚 Happiness Studies🏛️ Modern Stoicism
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck
by Mark Manson • 2016
Happiness is a trap. The better question is which forms of suffering you'll accept.
3.86
1.4M+
🧭 Values-Based Living🙅 Anti-Self-Help🏛️ Modern Stoicism
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck Summary
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck 88%
Happiness is a trap. The better question is which forms of suffering you'll accept.
by Mark Manson 2016
3.86
1.4M+ ratings
🧭 Values-Based Living🙅 Anti-Self-Help🏛️ Modern Stoicism
Briefly Perfectly Human
by Alua Arthur • 2024
The dying know what matters. A death doula shares their lessons for living without regret.
4.19
6k+
🏥 End-Of-Life Care💀 Death Doulas🌱 Death Positivity
Briefly Perfectly Human Summary
Briefly Perfectly Human 88%
The dying know what matters. A death doula shares their lessons for living without regret.
by Alua Arthur 2024
4.19
6k+ ratings
🏥 End-Of-Life Care💀 Death Doulas🌱 Death Positivity
No Cure for Being Human
by Kate Bowler • 2021
She studied the prosperity gospel. Then she got incurable cancer. Everything she knew broke.
4.12
24k+
🏥 Cancer Memoirs🕊️ Faith And Doubt⏳ Finitude And Limits
No Cure for Being Human Summary
No Cure for Being Human 88%
She studied the prosperity gospel. Then she got incurable cancer. Everything she knew broke.
by Kate Bowler 2021
4.12
24k+ ratings
🏥 Cancer Memoirs🕊️ Faith And Doubt⏳ Finitude And Limits
Heidegger
by Michael Watts • 2014
Heidegger demystified: the freedom found in facing death, and the worldview technology imposes.
4.40
143
🏛️ Continental Philosophy🔍 Phenomenology📖 Introductory Philosophy
Heidegger Summary
Heidegger 88%
Heidegger demystified: the freedom found in facing death, and the worldview technology imposes.
by Michael Watts 2014
4.40
143 ratings
🏛️ Continental Philosophy🔍 Phenomenology📖 Introductory Philosophy
The Top Five Regrets of the Dying
by Bronnie Ware • 2011
A palliative caregiver kept hearing identical deathbed regrets. She wrote them as a living warning.
3.76
14k+
🪦 Deathbed Wisdom🕊️ Embracing Mortality🪞 Authentic Living
The Top Five Regrets of the Dying Summary
The Top Five Regrets of the Dying 88%
A palliative caregiver kept hearing identical deathbed regrets. She wrote them as a living warning.
by Bronnie Ware 2011
3.76
14k+ ratings
🪦 Deathbed Wisdom🕊️ Embracing Mortality🪞 Authentic Living
Die Wise
by Stephen Jenkinson • 2015
Palliative care has made dying longer and more terrifying. A veteran caregiver explains why.
4.34
861
🩺 Palliative Care🕯️ Conscious Dying💔 Grief Work
Die Wise Summary
Die Wise 88%
Palliative care has made dying longer and more terrifying. A veteran caregiver explains why.
by Stephen Jenkinson 2015
4.34
861 ratings
🩺 Palliative Care🕯️ Conscious Dying💔 Grief Work
The Hunger Games
by Kate Egan • 2012
The dread of dying is the regret of a life postponed: a therapist's guide to starting now.
4.53
206k+
🛋️ Existential Therapy💀 Death Anxiety🕊️ Grief Therapy
The Hunger Games Summary
The Hunger Games 88%
The dread of dying is the regret of a life postponed: a therapist's guide to starting now.
by Kate Egan 2012
4.53
206k+ ratings
🛋️ Existential Therapy💀 Death Anxiety🕊️ Grief Therapy
A Practical Guide to Philosophy for Everyday Life
by Trevor Curnow • 2012
The philosophy toolkit for life: question everything, spot bad arguments, choose what matters.
3.87
190
🧠 Applied Philosophy🤔 Critical Thinking❓ Skepticism
A Practical Guide to Philosophy for Everyday Life Summary
A Practical Guide to Philosophy for Everyday Life 88%
The philosophy toolkit for life: question everything, spot bad arguments, choose what matters.
by Trevor Curnow 2012
3.87
190 ratings
🧠 Applied Philosophy🤔 Critical Thinking❓ Skepticism
Sun and Steel
by Yukio Mishima • 1968
Words trapped him. The body gave him a second grammar: its final word was death.
3.83
9k+
🎋 Japanese Aesthetics🧠 Mind Body Dualism⚔️ Bushido
Sun and Steel Summary
Sun and Steel 88%
Words trapped him. The body gave him a second grammar: its final word was death.
by Yukio Mishima 1968
3.83
9k+ ratings
🎋 Japanese Aesthetics🧠 Mind Body Dualism⚔️ Bushido
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