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by Robert Grudin (Author) "1.1 IN A RAILROAD CAR AT NIGHTFALL, WHEN the natural light outside has diminished until it is even with the artificial light inside, the passenger..." (more)
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"Time and the Art of Living" is a philosophical essay about the relationship between two facts: that we each "strut and fret upon the stage" for a terrifyingly short slice of objective time, and that subjective time, our experience of temporality, is deeply informed by our chosen activities and our character.

Robert Grudin thinks that our subjective sense of time is largely determined by the degree and quality of attention we pay to our memories and our sense of the future. (It is a mark of the unhappy that they are trapped in the present without a larger sense of connection to the enduring self.) And he argues persuasively that the successful and the fulfilled become so because of the control they exercise over this subjective temporal embodiment. At its best, Time and the Art of Living is a profound book with lyrically beautiful prose. --Richard Farr

Edward Abbey
"A book to savor, treasure, linger over: the rare and amazing spectacle of man thinking, of mind at work."

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Product Details
  • Paperback: 208 pages
  • Publisher: Mariner Books (September 15, 1997)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0395898315
  • ISBN-13: 978-0395898314
  • Product Dimensions: 8 x 5.5 x 0.4 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 8 ounces
  • Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  (7 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #203,060 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)
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