The Importance Of Living
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Edition: First Australian Ed.
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good condition. Page Condition: Yellowed. Markings: Previous owner. Binding condition: Binding intact.
What does it mean to truly live? In The Importance of Living, Lin Yutang presents a sweeping, unhurried philosophy of life drawn from centuries of Chinese thought and seasoned with sharp wit, presenting a brilliant argument that the art of loafing, the pleasures of tea, and the poetry of everyday existence are not indulgences but the very purpose of human life. With elegant ease, Yutang instructs Western readers in the ancient Chinese wisdom of wu wei — the art of doing nothing in particular — while gently skewering the frantic pace and misplaced ambitions of modern civilisation. Written with the warmth of a brilliant raconteur and the precision of a scholar equally at home in East and West, this landmark work chronicles Yutang's personal philosophy across subjects ranging from the enjoyment of nature to the cultivation of friendship, from literature to the dignity of old age. A perennial classic since its first publication in 1937, The Importance of Living leaves the reader with an uneasy, delicious suspicion that they have been living far too seriously all along.
Author: Lin Yutang
Format: Hardback
Published: 1946, William Heinemann Ltd.
Genre: Philosophy
Edition: First Australian Ed.
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good condition. Page Condition: Yellowed. Markings: Previous owner. Binding condition: Binding intact.
What does it mean to truly live? In The Importance of Living, Lin Yutang presents a sweeping, unhurried philosophy of life drawn from centuries of Chinese thought and seasoned with sharp wit, presenting a brilliant argument that the art of loafing, the pleasures of tea, and the poetry of everyday existence are not indulgences but the very purpose of human life. With elegant ease, Yutang instructs Western readers in the ancient Chinese wisdom of wu wei — the art of doing nothing in particular — while gently skewering the frantic pace and misplaced ambitions of modern civilisation. Written with the warmth of a brilliant raconteur and the precision of a scholar equally at home in East and West, this landmark work chronicles Yutang's personal philosophy across subjects ranging from the enjoyment of nature to the cultivation of friendship, from literature to the dignity of old age. A perennial classic since its first publication in 1937, The Importance of Living leaves the reader with an uneasy, delicious suspicion that they have been living far too seriously all along.