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Anyone susceptible to life's hardships must read this book-which means that everyone must read it." -Rebecca Newberger Goldstein, author of Plato at the Googleplex "Finding wisdom in Aristotle, Wittgenstein, and Simone Weil, and also in Dostoevsky, Emily Dickinson, and Groundhog Day, this book offers guidance on how to make the most of the hand we have all been dealt." -Louis Menand, author of The Metaphysical Club "Kieran Setiya is that rare bird, a philosopher of exceptional ability with the courage to face the deepest questions. This thought-provoking treatise enlightens." - Publishers Weekly "Kieran Setiya's insights are stunning, his compassion sustaining. Pink, author of The Power of Regret, When, and Drive "Smart, richly sourced, and lucidly reasoned, Life Is Hard is a work of resplendent wisdom and humanity-one that has changed the way I think about the periodic upsurges of failure, grief, and loss in my own life." -Jim Holt, author of Why Does the World Exist? "Insightful. He shows why adversity is inevitable-and why facing up to that reality, rather than insisting on simple-minded notions of happiness, offers the only path to living well." -Daniel H. Praise for Life is Hard : "Kieran Setiya has produced the ultimate handbook of hardship. Instead, he asks how we can weather life's adversities, finding hope and living well when life is hard. Countering pop psychologists and online influencers who admonish us to "find our bliss" and "live our best lives," Setiya acknowledges that the best is often out of reach. It offers guidance for coping with pain and making new friends, for grieving the lost and failing with grace, for confronting injustice and searching for meaning in life. Warm, accessible, and good-humored, this book is about making the best of a bad lot. Drawing on ancient and modern philosophy as well as fiction, history, memoir, film, comedy, social science, and stories from Setiya's own experience, Life Is Hard is a book for this moment-a work of solace and compassion. In this profound and personal book, Setiya shows how the tools of philosophy can help us find our way. He offers us a map for navigating rough terrain, from personal trauma to the injustice and absurdity of the world. But Kieran Setiya believes philosophy can help. Reading it is like speaking with a thoughtful friend who never tells you to cheer up, but, by offering gentle companionship and a change of perspective, makes you feel better anyway." - The New York Times Book Review There is no cure for the human condition: life is hard.
NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE NEW YORKER AND THE ECONOMIST " Life Is Hard is a humane consolation for challenging times.
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