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OCoLC |
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20231102091121.0 |
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230410t20232023nyuabf e b 001 0 eng |
| 010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER |
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| LC control number |
2023014917 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE |
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| Original cataloging agency |
DLC |
| Language of cataloging |
eng |
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rda |
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DLC |
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JBZ |
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OQX |
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ABJ |
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RNL |
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PEX |
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GL4 |
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NFG |
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1404062493 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9780374610104 |
| Qualifying information |
(hardcover) |
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| International Standard Book Number |
037461010X |
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(hardcover) |
| 035 ## - SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBER |
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| System control number |
(OCoLC)1390560307 |
| Canceled/invalid control number |
(OCoLC)1404062493 |
| 042 ## - AUTHENTICATION CODE |
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pcc |
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e-gr--- |
| 092 ## - LOCALLY ASSIGNED DEWEY CALL NUMBER (OCLC) |
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| Classification number |
180 |
| Item number |
N653 |
| 049 ## - LOCAL HOLDINGS (OCLC) |
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| Holding library |
NFGA |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Nicolson, Adam, |
| Dates associated with a name |
1957- |
| Relator term |
author. |
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256475 |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
How to be : |
| Remainder of title |
life lessons from the early Greeks / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc |
Adam Nicolson. |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT |
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| Edition statement |
First American edition. |
| 264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE STATEMENTS |
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| Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture |
New York : |
| Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer |
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture |
2023. |
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©2023. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
356 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : |
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illustrations (some color), maps ; |
| Dimensions |
24 cm. |
| 336 ## - CONTENT TYPE |
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text |
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txt |
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rdacontent |
| 337 ## - MEDIA TYPE |
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unmediated |
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n |
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rdamedia |
| 338 ## - CARRIER TYPE |
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volume |
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nc |
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rdacarrier |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
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| Bibliography, etc |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-341) and index. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc |
"Adam Nicolson crafts a geography of the ancient world and a brilliant exploration of our connections to the past"-- |
| Assigning source |
Provided by publisher. |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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| Formatted contents note |
Introduction: Philosophy has a geography -- Harbour minds -- Must I think my own way through the world? -- What is existence made of? -- How to be me -- Is politeness a virtue? -- If life a fire? -- Is the world full of souls? -- Can I live in multiple realities? -- Does love rule the universe? |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc |
Before the Greeks, the idea of the world was dominated by god-kings and their priests. Twenty-five hundred years ago, in a succession of small eastern Mediterranean harbor cities, a few heroic men and women decided to cast off mental subservience and apply their own thinking minds to the conundrums of life. These great innovators shaped the beginnings of western philosophy. Through the questioning voyager Odysseus, Homer explored how we might navigate our way through the world. Heraclitus, in Ephesus, was the first to consider the interrelatedness of things. Xenophanes of Colophon was the first champion of civility. On the Aegean island of Lesbos, the early lyric poets Sappho and Alcaeus asked themselves, "How can I be true to myself?" On Samos, Pythagoras imagined an everlasting soul and took his ideas to Italy, where they flowered again in surprising and radical forms. The award-winning writer Adam Nicolson travels with us through this transforming world and asks what light these ancient thinkers can throw on our deepest preconceptions. Enhanced with maps, photographs, and artwork, How to Be is an expedition into early ideas. Nicolson takes us to the dawn of investigative thought and makes the fundamental questions of the ancient philosophers new again. What are the principles of the physical world? How can we be good in it? And why do we continue to ask these questions? It is an enthralling, exhilarating journey. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Philosophy, Ancient |
| General subdivision |
Influence. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Existential phenomenology. |
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165616 |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Conduct of life. |
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8518 |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME |
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| Geographic name |
Greece |
| General subdivision |
Intellectual life |
| Chronological subdivision |
To 146 B.C. |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME |
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| Geographic name |
Greece |
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Antiquities. |
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25630 |
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