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Driving with Plato : the meaning of life's milestones / Robert Rowland Smith.

Title
Driving with Plato : the meaning of life's milestones / Robert Rowland Smith.
Author
Smith, Robert Rowland
Publication
New York : Free Press, 2011.

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Description
xvi, 234 p.; 20 cm.
Summary
Smith shares a delightful, intellectual romp through life's milestones--being born, learning to drive, and getting married--all enlivened with apropos philosophy.
Subject
  • Life
  • Life change events
  • Meaning (Philosophy)
  • Life
  • Change (Psychology)
  • Philosophy
Note
  • Includes index.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Being born -- Learning to walk and talk -- Starting school -- Learning to ride a bike -- Taking exams -- Having your first kiss -- Losing your virginity -- Passing your driving test -- Casting your first vote -- Getting a job -- Falling in love -- Tying the knot -- Having children -- Moving house -- Going through a mid-life crisis -- Getting divorced -- Retiring -- Living the third age -- Going out in style.
ISBN
  • 9781439186879
  • 1439186871
LCCN
^^2010037548
OCLC
646113100
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library