We are What We Think by James Geary

We are What We Think by James Geary

'We Are What We Think' are the words with which the Buddha begins the Dhammapada, one of the world's earliest collections of sayings. In this single, short, sharp lesson he reveals that our lives are what we make them and it is up to us to master our own minds. What sets these wise words apart from the cliches and soundbites we encounter every day When a saying has the power to reach out and change your life it is no longer a platitude or proverb but an aphorism. Self-confessed aphorism addict James Geary takes a whimsical, humorous tour through the history of this remarkable art form and its extraordinary practitioners. He routes his journey through the varied, often idiosyncratic backgrounds of the world's key thinkers and shows, as eighteenth-century aphorist Vauvenargues puts it, just how much 'the maxims of men reveal their hearts'. With a scope that reaches from the ancient Eastern prophets to the rise of the American one-liner, the book's focus is life, the universe and everything. Inspirational and challenging, We Are What We Think and the aphorisms in it sparkle, as Thomas Jefferson quipped, 'like diamonds in a dunghill.'

'This is a real treasure houseI intend to raid it relentlessly' - John Humphrys

James Geary is the acting editor of Time Magazine in Europe and the author of The Body Electric: An Anatomy of the New Bionic Senses. He lives in London with his wife and three children. In eddition to reading aphorisms, he likes to juggle.

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ISBN 13	9780719561344
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Title	We are What We Think
Author	James Geary
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	John Murray Press
Year published	2005-11-07
Number of pages	256
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