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The Examined Life

the art of knowing, owning, and giving yourself

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An edition of The examined life (1997)

The Examined Life

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Publisher
Spence Pub. Co.
Language
English
Pages
275

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The Examined Life: the art of knowing, owning, and giving yourself
1997, Spence Pub. Co.
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Table of Contents

I. The Examined Life Page 3
1. Made for Bliss Page 3
2. How Animal Are We? Page 18
3. Know Yourself Page 30
4. Own Yourself Page 44
5. Give Yourself Page 64
Interlude. A Moral Map Page 76
II. Self-Knowing adn Self-Owning Page 83
6. Indispensable Quiet Time Page 83
7. Respecting Pleasure Page 93
8. Chastity: Why and How Page 103
Interlude. 45 Ways to Be Chaste Page 117
9. Fending off Fears Page 128
10. Why Study? Page 117
11. Work Works Page 150
12. Getting Others Right Page 162
13. Acknowledging Debts to Parents Page 169
III. Self-Giving Page 181
14. Befriending Friends Page 181
15. For Followers to Follow Page 189
16. Turning Prose into Poetry Page 195
17. Aristocrats of Love Page 207
18. Reinventing Marriage Page 215
19. Reinventing Dadd Page 235
Epilogue. Now What? Page 247
Appendix 1. Supplementary Readings Page 257
Appendix 2. Ancient Sage Sayings Page 258

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references.

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Dallas, Tex

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
158
Library of Congress
BJ1581.2 .H444 1997

The Physical Object

Pagination
xviii, 275 p. ;
Number of pages
275

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Open Library
OL686663M
ISBN 10
0965320812
LCCN
97033588
OCLC/WorldCat
37457870
Library Thing
1214572
Goodreads
1829525

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