The Examined Life: How We Lose and Find Ourselves by Stephen Grosz

The Examined Life: How We Lose and Find Ourselves

Stephen Grosz

240 pages first pub 2012 (editions)

nonfiction philosophy psychology self help emotional informative reflective medium-paced

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Echoing Socrates' time-honoured statement that the unexamined life is not worth living, psychoanalyst Stephen Grosz draws short, vivid stories from his 25-five-year practice in order to track the collaborative journey of therapist and patient as t...

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