Reading Upwards: The Socrates Express: In Search of Life Lessons from Dead Philosophers

Join us for Reading Upwards!: A book group about living, meaning, and belonging. Reading Upwards meets the third Wednesday of the month at 6:00 p.m. You don’t have to read the entire book to attend! Spend some time with it, see what speaks to you and what doesn’t, and come share your thoughts. Books can be checked out by any Upper Valley resident. This month we will discuss Please contact jared.jenisch@thehowe.org if you would like a Zoom invitation, or attend in person in the Aldrich Room (behind the New Books area on the main floor). November: The Socrates Express: In Search of Life Lessons from Dead Philosophers, by Eric Weiner "The New York Times bestselling author of The Geography of Bliss and The Geography of Genius embarks on a rollicking intellectual journey, following in the footsteps of history’s greatest thinkers and showing us how each—from Epicurus to Gandhi, Thoreau to Beauvoir—offers practical and spiritual lessons for today’s unsettled times. We turn to philosophy for the same reasons we travel: to see the world from a dif­ferent perspective, to unearth hidden beauty, and to find new ways of being. We want to learn how to embrace wonder. Face regrets. Sustain hope. In The Socrates Express, Eric Weiner combines his twin passions for philosophy and travel in a globe-trotting pil­grimage that uncovers surprising life lessons from great thinkers around the world, from Rousseau to Nietzsche, Confucius to Simone Weil."