Drawing on the lives, experiences and works of a fantastically eclectic range of thinkers – taking in not only philosophers such as Confucius, Seneca and Nietzsche, but also authors from Shakespeare to Ursula LeGuin, and modern thinkers such as Martha Nussbaum and Simon May – this work brings together wisdom from across eras and continents in a tour de force on the philosophy of being human in a complicated world.