Philosophers, respuestas inmortales a preguntas de hoy

This volume collects the surprising answers that philosophers separated by twenty-five centuries of history offer us to questions that have always interested us and that today are more topical than ever. None of these great thinkers knew social networks but their ideas remain fresh and are so lucid that they deserve to be viralized. The author talks with authors such as Plato, Epicurus, Seneca, Machiavelli, Montaigne, Spinoza, Kant, Schopenhauer, Tocqueville, Marx, Nietzsche, Russell or Popper, asking them about topics such as freedom, friendship, power, envy, democracy , duty, love, death, happiness, education, inequality, war, misinformation, rebellion, work, boredom, fame, desire or resilience. Issues that concern us in public and private life, seen with today's eyes. What is the biggest threat to democracy? If we are so free, how is it possible that the algorithm can predict our behavior with such certainty? Is the West prepared to defend its values? Can the 'no to war' be an ignominy? Is euthanasia an extension of rights? Should freedom of expression protect false news? Why do we go out of our way to accumulate likes? Is duty above happiness? Is polyamory the solution to couple problems? What is there to ask of friendship and what can we not expect from it? Should we keep the sad ones away? Is running away always for cowards? Offices with pool tables, are they selling us a milonga about work? Oddly enough, for all these uncomfortable questions these philosophers have great answers who will never lose their status as influencers.