I'm 50 soon! Tired of walking to the office every day. Maybe it's not too late to be a rock star? Or a writer? Why do I work like a horse and barely make ends meet while others do nothing but make a fortune? My girlfriend is cheating on a guy. Should I tell her? I started to fear death. This is fine? From time to time, we need an outside perspective on the problems we face every day. I wonder what the great philosophers would advise to do, what would they say about relationships, work, lifestyle and politics in the modern world? Many of them would certainly make connections between the question and their own theories. Marcus Wicks's book is part philosophy introduction and part advice book for all occasions. On its pages, well-known thinkers, from Socrates and Aristotle to Schopenhauer and Nietzsche, speak out about the essential, help make the right decision and teach you to treat difficulties philosophically.
