jeannamarie's review against another edition
5.0
I took my time with this book and I’m glad I did to fully understand the ideology and psychology behind each of the main conversations. This book was recommended and I was not disappointed.
Thanks 김석우.
One part of the conversation that really stuck out to me is the following:
Youth: Well, what is your image of life?
Philosopher: Do not treat it as a line. Think it life as a series of dots. If you look through a magnifying glass at a solid line drawn with chalk, you will discover that what you thought was a line is actually a series of small dots. Seemingly linear existence is ax to ally a series of dots; in other words, life is a series of moments.
Youth: A series of moments?
Philosopher: Yes. It is a series of moments called “now.” We can live only in the here and now. Our lives exist only in moments. Adults who do not know this attempt to impose “linear” lives onto young people. Their thinking is that staying in the conventional tracks — good university, big company, stable household — is a happy life. But life is not made up of lines or anything like that.
나는 이 책을 천천히 읽었고 각각의 주요 대화의 이데올로기와 심리를 완전히 이해하게 되어 기쁘다. 이 책은 추천되었고 나는 실망하지 않았다.
고마워요 ㅠㅠ.
그 대화의 한 부분이 저에게 정말 눈에 띄었습니다.
청년: 음, 당신의 인생 이미지는 무엇인가요?
철학자: 그것을 선으로 취급하지 마세요. 인생을 점들의 연속이라고 생각하세요. 돋보기를 통해 분필로 그린 실선을 들여다보면 선이라고 생각했던 것이 사실 작은 점들의 연속이라는 것을 알게 될 것이다. 겉보기에 선형적인 존재는 일련의 점들에 대한 도끼이다; 다시 말해, 삶은 순간의 연속이다.
청춘: 순간의 연속?
철학자: 네. 그것은 "지금"이라고 불리는 순간들의 연속이다. 우리는 지금 여기에서만 살 수 있다. 우리의 삶은 순간에만 존재한다. 이런 시도를 모르는 어른들은 젊은이들에게 "선형적인" 삶을 강요한다. 그들의 생각은 좋은 대학, 큰 회사, 안정된 가정 등 전통적인 궤도에 머무는 것이 행복한 삶이라는 것이다. 하지만 인생은 선이나 그와 같은 것으로 이루어져 있지 않다.
Thanks 김석우.
One part of the conversation that really stuck out to me is the following:
Youth: Well, what is your image of life?
Philosopher: Do not treat it as a line. Think it life as a series of dots. If you look through a magnifying glass at a solid line drawn with chalk, you will discover that what you thought was a line is actually a series of small dots. Seemingly linear existence is ax to ally a series of dots; in other words, life is a series of moments.
Youth: A series of moments?
Philosopher: Yes. It is a series of moments called “now.” We can live only in the here and now. Our lives exist only in moments. Adults who do not know this attempt to impose “linear” lives onto young people. Their thinking is that staying in the conventional tracks — good university, big company, stable household — is a happy life. But life is not made up of lines or anything like that.
나는 이 책을 천천히 읽었고 각각의 주요 대화의 이데올로기와 심리를 완전히 이해하게 되어 기쁘다. 이 책은 추천되었고 나는 실망하지 않았다.
고마워요 ㅠㅠ.
그 대화의 한 부분이 저에게 정말 눈에 띄었습니다.
청년: 음, 당신의 인생 이미지는 무엇인가요?
철학자: 그것을 선으로 취급하지 마세요. 인생을 점들의 연속이라고 생각하세요. 돋보기를 통해 분필로 그린 실선을 들여다보면 선이라고 생각했던 것이 사실 작은 점들의 연속이라는 것을 알게 될 것이다. 겉보기에 선형적인 존재는 일련의 점들에 대한 도끼이다; 다시 말해, 삶은 순간의 연속이다.
청춘: 순간의 연속?
철학자: 네. 그것은 "지금"이라고 불리는 순간들의 연속이다. 우리는 지금 여기에서만 살 수 있다. 우리의 삶은 순간에만 존재한다. 이런 시도를 모르는 어른들은 젊은이들에게 "선형적인" 삶을 강요한다. 그들의 생각은 좋은 대학, 큰 회사, 안정된 가정 등 전통적인 궤도에 머무는 것이 행복한 삶이라는 것이다. 하지만 인생은 선이나 그와 같은 것으로 이루어져 있지 않다.
tiffwxng's review against another edition
5.0
Freeing! As a chronic people pleaser, I really needed to learn to have the "courage to be disliked" and separate my life tasks from others' tasks. Some of the concepts are still hard to wrap my mind around in practice, but overall the book promotes a sense of agency that empowers readers to find happiness in the now.
paikidze1's review against another edition
challenging
informative
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
4.5
readbybecky's review against another edition
0.5
There were a lot of problematic stances taken in this book. The big one that stuck out to me was that “trauma isn’t real” which is an interesting stance to take when science shows that trauma can rewire people’s brains. The stance that a strained relationship only exists because you choose it when that person physically abused you is also dumbfounding to me. I found it rather convenient that the only example they used to relate to this was about the philosopher’s father hitting them on one occasion.
This is clearly written by someone who was very pro-Adler’s research and does not take in the nuances of human existence. The conversation between the student and philosopher was an interesting way to get through the material. However there were many times it seemed the student was not written in a realistic manner as all of their questions were leading questions.
I agree with some points of the book. I do agree that being able to live for yourself, and not for others and their opinions, is important. Though I would never recommend this book without heavily stating that there are many problematic takes.
valeribanana's review against another edition
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
4.5
The format of student-philosopher was enjoyable and my outlook on the world has changed for the better