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On Midlife Crisis

On Midlife Crisis

Update: 2024-02-01

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Philosophers and theologians offer different answers to how we should feel about the losses we confront in midlife. Kieran Setiya, a philosopher teaching at MIT, wrote a terrific recent book on midlife crisis. Dave Schmelzer highlights some of Setiya's best stuff, including Setiya's takes on missed opportunities, why we can simultaneously regret and not regret where our lives have taken us, and whether there is help for those moments when we realize we're not as far from dying as we once were.

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Kieran Setiya's book, Midlife: A Philosophical Guide

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On Midlife Crisis

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