- Taschenbuch: 320 Seiten
- Verlag: Harper Perennial; Auflage: Quill. (1. August 2000)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 0060931361
- ISBN-13: 978-0060931360
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 20,4 x 13,6 x 1,9 cm
- Durchschnittliche Kundenbewertung: 3.5 von 5 Sternen Alle Rezensionen anzeigen (10 Kundenrezensionen)
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If one is to believe this New Age self-help book, the answers to most of life's problems can be found by applying lessons learned from the classic philosophers. Marinoff advocates "philosophical counseling" as an improvement over what he considers the psychiatric industry's tendency to medicate their patients for any mental malady, major or minor. By following his "PEACE" process (problem, emotion, analysis, contemplation, and equilibrium), we can deal rationally with matters of the heart, business, family discourse, even face our mortality. Each chapter is sprinkled with aphorisms from such revered philosophers as Sartre, Lao Tzu, Machiavelli, and, of course, Plato. The book includes a primer on some of history's most critical thinkers as well as a directory of organizations and practitioners of philosophical counseling. Would the world be better off if we took the time to analyze our problems as thoughtfully as Marinoff suggests? No doubt. Whether readers accept his theories is the bigger question. Ron Kaplan
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"Philosophy [to Marinoff] is the Lava bar of intellect -- meant to be used every day, down to the nub."--"San Francisco Examiner""Plato, Not Prozac! looks to become the bible of the 'philosophical counseling' movement."--"Philadelphia Inquirer Magazine"The ancient thinkers often characterized philosophy as 'medicine for the soul.' Marinoff provides a generous dose throughout these lively pages. I highly recommend it!"--Tom Morris, Ph.D., author of "If Aristotle Ran General Motors and "Philosophy for Dummies
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The author of Plato, Not Prozac!, Lou Marinoff PH.D, accomplishes three things with this book. 1) He gives the layman just enough beginner's-philosophy to be effective while holding the reader's interest. 2) He extolls the benefits of "Philosophical Practice" and explains where psychiatry and Psychology can not, or should not, be applied. 3) He gives real-life examples of how some very basic philosophy has helped people cope with everyday life. A fresh and very real approach to self-help and mental health counceling.
Some may be offended by frank and direct discussion. Such as Psychiatry and Psychology's attempts to label a "misguided philosophy" as a mental disease. An alleged motive is to get insurance companies to pay for treatment.
The author suggests that a person whos condition is not brought on by a physical disease, genetics, an accident, or drug abuse may be suffering from a misguided philosophy of life. Hence, there are thousands of years of brilliant philosophical works to draw from. And to assist a patient, a Philosophical Pratitioner is less concerned with childhood conditioning than with helping the patient find a comfortable philosophical view point and get on with life.
A reference made by another reviewer of the book pointed to page 38 where the author is quoted "...no one needs to learn to feel emotion..." Perhaps the sentence could have been written "...most people do not need to be taught how to feel emotion..." But in context, I feel the sentence as-written is fair. The chapter in question is dealing with the author's description of a simple process that can be used as a self-help tool. Earlier in the book the author suggests this process is helpful to those with philosophical issues and not deaper mental illnesses -- as the inability to feel emotion may be.
According to the author, religion and science are rediscovering philosophy whereby even the Pope has more than symbolically endorsed some previously banned philosophical and scientific works, including assisting in his doctoral thesis.
The book is written to appeal to anyone who has tried other means of finding their "way" and have returned feeling something is still missing. This book may even re-affirm your feelings for life in general.
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The author does an admirable job of connecting the ideas of great thinkers to everyday problems. There is not much depth in the analysis so the stories and applications of the ideas seem superficial but the concept (applying philisophical ideas to everyday situations) is a novel and appropriate one to share. The stories did add credibility to my own thought processes for while I may often reach the same conclusions I was unable to say from where the idea or thought derived. I will now study some of the more interesting thinkers shared in the book and see where that leads. What better can be said of a book than it stimulated one to want to learn and discover more? I read 4-5 books a month and rate them harshly so when I say it is a worthwhile read that is a high compliment.
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I feel philosophy must have much to offer troubled individuals and looked forward to reading this book but it disappoints on many levels. Too dumbed-down, too little philosophical insight offered and far too much gratuitous psychotherapy-bashing which seems primarily a function of the author's naive misunderstanding of psychology and psychiatry. And too much arrogance and certainty about what philosophy or, more to the point, what philosophy in the hands of the author can do.
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Thoughtful, but requiring a discipline in application that
is difficult to adhere to in a hasty, brutish culture like our own. Personally, this book was just what I needed, b/c discipline is a virtue that I am slowly but surely developing. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 18. Juli 2000 von Christi S.
A self indictment
The author complains that people "waste" too much money on psychotherapy and anti-depressants. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 29. Juni 2000 von Christopher M. Adams
An Okay Primer, But Beware
Although the book is refreshing in that it revives an ignored genre in America that is eternally relevant, one must beware taking the book at face value. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 25. Juni 2000 von Andrew Hanson
Too systematic
I was extremely excited when I first recieved Lou Marinoff's book. I am very interested in the practice of philosphical counseling as a possible career opportunity in the future,... Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 24. Mai 2000 von Roger T. Whitson
An Interesting Read
Paraphrasing the fly leaf... This book describes a way of dealing with the challenges we all face in life from time to time: relationships, being a good parent, career changes,... Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 23. Januar 2000 von Mitch
Lessons to live by
I just left an eleven year teaching career to make a life change. I am now the library director for a small town making about a third of what I made as a teacher. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 15. November 1999 von Suzanne Wargo
Tends to praise philosophy at the cost of psychology
As a person who reads a great deal of philosophy and psychology, and who tries to combine them in his approach to life, I was quite interested to read Lou Marinoff's new book... Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 10. August 1999 veröffentlicht
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