The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms
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DESCRIPTION :
In this profound and playful book, Nassim Nicholas Taleb presents his ideas about life in the form of aphorisms, the world's earliest - and most memorable - literary form.
Procrustes was a character from Greek mythology who abducted travellers and invited them to spend the night in a special bed, which they had to fit to perfection. They never did. Those who were too tall had their legs chopped off; those who were too short were stretched.
Every aphorism here is about a Procrustean bed of sorts - we humans, facing the limits of our knowledge, the unseen and the unknown, resolve the tension by squeezing life and the world into crisp commoditized ideas, reductive categories, specific vocabularies and pre-packaged narratives. Only by embracing the unexpected - and accepting what we don't know - can we see the world as it really is.
PRODUCT DETAILS :
DIMENSION : 204 mm x 138 mm
WEIGHT : 220 g
PRODUCT CATEGORY :
Lifestyle, Hobbies & Leisure
Philosophy & Religion
In this profound and playful book, Nassim Nicholas Taleb presents his ideas about life in the form of aphorisms, the world's earliest - and most memorable - literary form.
Procrustes was a character from Greek mythology who abducted travellers and invited them to spend the night in a special bed, which they had to fit to perfection. They never did. Those who were too tall had their legs chopped off; those who were too short were stretched.
Every aphorism here is about a Procrustean bed of sorts - we humans, facing the limits of our knowledge, the unseen and the unknown, resolve the tension by squeezing life and the world into crisp commoditized ideas, reductive categories, specific vocabularies and pre-packaged narratives. Only by embracing the unexpected - and accepting what we don't know - can we see the world as it really is.
PRODUCT DETAILS :
| ISBN : 9781846144585 | |
| BY (AUTHOR) Taleb, Nassim Nicholas | |
| PUBLISHER : Penguin Books Ltd | PUBLICATION DATE : December 02, 2010 |
| COUNTRY OF PUBLICATION : United Kingdom | IMPRINT : Allen Lane |
| LANGUAGE : English | AGE : General |
| PRODUCT FORM : Hardback | |
WEIGHT : 220 g
PRODUCT CATEGORY :
Lifestyle, Hobbies & Leisure
Philosophy & Religion