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100 1 $aManheimer, Ronald J.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n78021738
245 12 $aA map to the end of time :$bwayfarings with friends and philosophers /$cRonald J. Manheimer.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York, N.Y. :$bW.W. Norton,$c[1999], ©1999.
300 $axviii, 332 pages ;$c22 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520 $aTeaching philosophy to retired people should be a path to wisdom, Ron Manheimer thought. He was right, but in unexpected fashion. His lively Socratic "dialogues" with older people led him into hilarious and provocative conversations with a colorful cast of fellow seekers: from his bon vivant Danish mentor Augie Nielsen to his strong-willed elderly student Hildegard, from his ironic teenaged daughter Esther to his wisecracking Uncle Joe, a master of the jewish joke.
520 8 $aLike James Carse in Breakfast at the Victory, Manheimer reinvigorates the ancient tradition of using storytelling to explore truth. What is romantic love? How do we shape the stories we tell ourselves about our own pasts? Does the purpose of life become clearer in old age? How do we find common meanings across religious, ethnic, and generational divides? What is the essence of a person? What does it mean to live a "full" life?
520 8 $aShowing how ideas and lives can illuminate one another, Manheimer's engaging narratives address these questions while providing an inviting exploration of the ideas of thinkers from Plato to Aristotle to Kierkegaard, John Stuart Mill, and Martin Buber.
650 0 $aAging$xPhilosophy.
650 0 $aAging in literature.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh93008200
650 0 $aPhilosophy$xStudy and teaching.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2011004667
650 0 $aPhilosophy teachers$vBiography.
600 10 $aManheimer, Ronald J.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n78021738
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