Why We Need Love (Harperperennial Modern Thought)

ISBN: 006184554X

Author: Van Booy, Simon

Condition: New

Provocative and eye-opening, Why We Need Love is one of three slim selections of philosophical texts and excerpts-along with Why We Fight and Why Our Decisions Dont Matter-introduced and contextualized by acclaimed author Simon Van Booy (Love Begins in Winter, The Secret Lives of People in Love).This book explores how some of the greatest minds of civilization have tackled a question that continues to play a vital part in our lives today. In Why We Need Love, Simon Van Booy curates an enlightening collection of excerpts, passages, and paintings, presenting works by Geoffrey Chaucer, William Shakespeare, John Donne, William Blake, George Eliot, Emily Dickinson, O. Henry, W. B. Yeats, James Joyce, E. E. Cummings, Anas Nin, Marc Chagall, J. Krishnamurti, and others.