Consolations

Consolations
Author: David Whyte
Publisher: Canongate Books
Total Pages: 116
Release: 2019-11-07
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 1786897644

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In Consolations David Whyte unpacks aspects of being human that many of us spend our lives trying vainly to avoid - loss, heartbreak, vulnerability, fear - boldly reinterpreting them, fully embracing their complexity, never shying away from paradox in his relentless search for meaning. Beginning with 'Alone' and closing with 'Withdrawal', each piece in this life-affirming book is a meditation on meaning and context, an invitation to shift and broaden our perspectives on life: pain and joy, honesty and anger, confession and vulnerability, the experience of feeling overwhelmed and the desire to run away from it all. Through this lens, procrastination may be a necessary ripening; hiding an act of freedom; and shyness something that accompanies the first stage of revelation. Consolations invites readers into a poetic and thoughtful consideration of words whose meaning and interpretation influence the paths we choose and the way we traverse them throughout our lives.


Consolations
Language: en
Pages: 116
Authors: David Whyte
Categories: Philosophy
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-11-07 - Publisher: Canongate Books

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In Consolations David Whyte unpacks aspects of being human that many of us spend our lives trying vainly to avoid - loss, heartbreak, vulnerability, fear - bold
Consolations
Language: en
Pages: 192
Authors: David Whyte
Categories: English language
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-11-07 - Publisher:

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David Whyte explores the underlying meaning of 52 ordinary words, with an introduction by Maria Popova of Brain Pickings and author of Figuring
Consolations
Language: en
Pages: 245
Authors: David Whyte
Categories: PHILOSOPHY
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-12 - Publisher:

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With the imagery of a poet and the reflection of a philosopher, David Whyte turns his attention to 52 ordinary words, each its own particular doorway into the u
The Consolations of Mortality
Language: en
Pages: 288
Authors: Andrew Stark
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-08-23 - Publisher: Yale University Press

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For those who don’t believe in an afterlife, the wisdom of the ages offers four great consolations for mortality: that death is benign and good; that mortal l
The Consolations of Philosophy
Language: en
Pages: 272
Authors: Alain De Botton
Categories: Philosophy
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-01-23 - Publisher: Vintage

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From the author of How Proust Can Change Your Life, a delightful, truly consoling work that proves that philosophy can be a supreme source of help for our most