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The Schopenhauer Cure
by Irvin D. Yalom
A therapist with a year to live brings a misanthropic philosopher into his group. Yalom's novel on group therapy and Schopenhauer, braided with the philosopher's life.
Read it if…
you want therapy and philosophy as fiction.
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Skip it if…
you dislike novels of ideas.
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Three things you will actually use
- Connection heals.
- Ideas are not enough.
- Face the end with others.
Do this first
Read the first group session.
Our verdict
Yalom's group novel.
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