{"product_id":"how-to-be-life-lessons-from-the-early-greeks-9781250338167","title":"How to Be: Life Lessons from the Early Greeks","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNicolson crafts a geography of the ancient world and a brilliant exploration of our connections to the past.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat is the nature of things?\u003cbr\u003eWhat is justice? How can I be myself?\u003cbr\u003eHow should we treat each other? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBefore the Greeks, the idea of the world was dominated by god-kings and their priests. Twenty-five hundred years ago, in a succession of small eastern Mediterranean harbor cities, a few heroic men and women decided to cast off mental subservience and apply their own thinking minds to the conundrums of life. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThese great innovators shaped the beginnings of western philosophy. Through the questioning voyager Odysseus, Homer explored how we might navigate our way through the world. Heraclitus, in Ephesus, was the first to consider the interrelatedness of things. Xenophanes of Colophon was the first champion of civility. On the Aegean island of Lesbos, the early lyric poets Sappho and Alcaeus asked themselves, \"How can I be true to myself?\" On Samos, Pythagoras imagined an everlasting soul and took his ideas to Italy, where they flowered again in surprising and radical forms. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe award-winning writer Adam Nicolson travels with us through this transforming world and asks what light these ancient thinkers can throw on our deepest preconceptions. Enhanced with maps, photographs, and artwork, \u003ci\u003eHow to Be \u003c\/i\u003eis an expedition into early ideas. Nicolson takes us to the dawn of investigative thought and makes the fundamental questions of the ancient philosophers new again. What are the principles of the physical world? How can we be good in it? And why do we continue to ask these questions? It is an enthralling, exhilarating journey.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Adam Nicolson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Picador USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/15\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.74lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.25h x 5.44w x 1.02d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250338167","brand":"Picador USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43060350582921,"sku":"9781250338167","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_9bbcf8c0-7ea0-4763-89b6-c8a3caff5232.jpg?v=1729573377","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/how-to-be-life-lessons-from-the-early-greeks-9781250338167","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}