How to Live: A Life of Montaigne in One Question and Twenty Attempts at an Answer by Sarah Bakewell

How to Live: A Life of Montaigne in One Question and Twenty Attempts at an Answer

Sarah Bakewell

nonfiction biography history philosophy challenging informative reflective slow-paced

401 pages | first published 2010

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How to get along with people, how to deal with violence, how to adjust to losing someone you love—such questions arise in most people’s lives. They are all versions of a bigger question: how do you live? How do you do the good or honorable thing, ...
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Moods

informative 92%
reflective 71%
inspiring 42%
hopeful 35%
lighthearted 35%
funny 21%
adventurous 7%
challenging 7%
emotional 7%
relaxing 7%

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slow 40%

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