No, he sees it as an opportunity to change from goal-oriented utilitarian thinking to a life-affirming experience of being in the moment. He doesn't see a flashy sports car as a midlife crisis-mobile, that trite substitute for lost youth and virility. Jim Holt, author of Why Does the World Exist?, For a philosophy professor, Setiya can be refreshingly unstuffy. Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, Written with charming simplicity and wry humor, Midlife is a philosophically rich source of what might be called 'the higher life hacks'-reflective ways of dissolving the sense of emptiness and regret that tends to hit each of us with the onset of middle age. Simon Ings, The Spectator, Midlife teaches a lesson about midlife: it's sometimes best to go with the flow. Joe Moran, Times Higher Education, A concise, entertaining and humane guide through life's most difficult territory. A model for how to write philosophy clearly and non-technically without lapsing into banality or truism.
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