Epicureanism is not just for gourmands - journalist Luke Slattery argues that it can help us rethink out materialist ways and face the challenges of man-made climate change.
Epicureanism is not just for gourmands - journalist Luke Slattery argues that it can help us rethink out materialist ways and face the challenges of man-made climate change. Rather than appealing to altruism, or calling for economic revolution, the Epicurean philosophy counsels that genuine happiness comes from the quieting of desire- from less, not more. And that might just be the mindset we need to rein in unsustainable development. Could answers to the big questions faced in the twenty-first century be found on fragments of petrified scrolls in the Villa of the Papyri, buried along with Pompeii?
'Writing with a pleasing lightness of touch, Slattery argues that
Epicurus and his followers were greens centuries before the modern
environmentalist movement, and that their emphasis on community and
cultivation is more relevant now than ever.' Sun-Herald
'Thought-provoking.' West Australian
By:
Luke Slattery Imprint: Penguin Country of Publication: Australia Dimensions:
Height: 182mm,
Width: 114mm,
Spine: 7mm
Weight: 78g ISBN:9780143570431 ISBN 10: 0143570439 Publication Date:26 June 2013 Audience:
General/trade
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ELT Advanced
Format:Paperback Publisher's Status: Active
