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Rome as a Guide to the Good Life - A Philosophical Grand Tour (Hardcover)
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Rome as a Guide to the Good Life - A Philosophical Grand Tour (Hardcover)
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A unique, portable guidebook that sketches Rome's great
philosophical tradition while also providing an engaging travel
companion to the city. This is a guidebook to Rome for those
interested in both la dolce vita and what the ancient Romans called
the vita beata-the good life. Philosopher Scott Samuelson offers a
thinker's tour of the Eternal City, rooting ideas from this
philosophical tradition within the geography of the city itself. As
he introduces the city's great works of art and its most famous
sites-the Colosseum, the Forum, the Campo de' Fiori-Samuelson also
gets to the heart of the knotty ethical and emotional questions
they pose. Practicing philosophy in place, Rome as a Guide to the
Good Life tackles the profound questions that most tours of Rome
only bracket. What does all this history tell us about who we are?
In addition to being a thoughtful philosophical companion,
Samuelson is also a memorable tour guide, taking us on plenty of
detours and pausing to linger over an afternoon Negroni, sample
four classic Roman pastas, or explore the city's best hidden gems.
With Samuelson's help, we understand why Rome has inspired
philosophers such as Lucretius and Seneca, poets and artists such
as Horace and Caravaggio, filmmakers like Fellini, and adventurers
like Rosa Bathurst. This eclectic guidebook to Roman philosophy is
for intrepid wanderers and armchair travelers alike-anyone who
wants not just a change of scenery, but a change of soul.
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