How Plato and Pythagoras Can Save Your Life

by Kardaras, Nicholas, Ph.D.

• ISBN13: 9781573244756
• ISBN10: 1573244759
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2011-04-01
• Publisher: Red Wheel/Weiser

Summary

When New York's Big City nightclub owner Nick Kardaras woke up from a heroin overdose-doctors had already declared him dead - he felt a desperation to understand not only why he'd been spared but what his addiction had been all about. His search for answers took him far and wide-until he stumbled on the works of the ancient Greeks. In their writings, which he had always dismissed as dry and academic, he discovered brilliant, life-affirming teachings about the importance of a healthy mind, body, and spirit nurtured by vigorous physical exercise, a rigorous diet, and daily meditation and contemplation. In short, he found a path to bliss that had nothing to do with drugs. InHow Plato and Pythagoras Can Save Your Life, Kardaras breathes new life into these ancient teachings and guides readers through an array of contemplative practices designed to help them create a life unburdened by constant existential anxiety, develop a strong mind and a healthy body, and have a rare opportunity to "catch a glimpse of that trippy realm called Ultimate Reality."