![]() ![]() Though Setiya quotes Montaigne-“to philosophize is to learn how to die”-he treats the topic in a tone that is warm, conversational, and surprisingly good-humored. Like Peggy Lee, “you have lived long enough to ask ‘Is that all there is?’ ” It may be enough, and should be, if you can adopt the proper philosophical perspective. Yet another is that each task must come to an end, leading to more feelings of emptiness. Another problem is that death looms, closer, and however you keep busy pales in comparison to contemplating the end. ![]() ![]() Part of the problem is that the choices you have made by midlife have often closed the doors on all the other lives you might have lived. Setiya (Philosophy/MIT Knowing Right from Wrong, 2015, etc.) serves as an engaging companion for those in the throes of the dreaded midlife crisis, as he brings the wisdom of the ages-from Gilgamesh to Aristotle and Plato to John Stuart Mill, Jeremy Bentham, Immanuel Kant, and beyond-to bear on the contemporary malaise. A philosopher offers practical advice on how to navigate one’s way through middle age and beyond. ![]()
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