Staring at the Sun
by Irvin D. Yalom
Death anxiety and how to live with it: the awakening experience, 'rippling', Epicurus's arguments, and Yalom's own ageing. The most personal of his nonfiction.
Read it if…
death anxiety is interfering with your life.
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Skip it if…
you want to avoid the subject; the book insists you do not.
Try instead: The Denial of Death →
Three things you will actually use
- Rippling: your influence outlives you.
- Where death is, I am not (Epicurus).
- Awareness of death enriches life.
Do this first
Read the chapter on rippling.
Our verdict
Living with death anxiety.
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