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    Why We Need Love

    By Simon Van Booy

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    Provocative and eye-opening, Why We Need Love is one of three slim selections of philosophical texts and excerpts—along with Why We Fight and Why Our Decisions Don’t Matter—introduced and contextualized by acclaimed author Simon Van Booy (Love Begins in Winter, The Secret Lives of People in Love).

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins
    Release dateSep 14, 2010
    ISBN9780061987113
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    Why We Need Love
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    Simon Van Booy

    Simon Van Booy has written more than a dozen works of fiction (including Night Came with Many Stars and The Presence of Absence) and is the editor of three volumes of philosophy. Raised in rural North Wales, Simon currently lives between London and New York, where he is a volunteer EMT for Central Park Medical Unit and RVAC. In early 2020, he rescued his first mouse.

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      The pace was a bit uneven -- too much Krishnamurti, not enough Thich Nhat Hanh. Still, it's an overview, and the idea is to inspire the reader to explore or revisit, so it's hard to be too critical. Why haven't I read more Willa Cather? "Paul's Case" was something I should have read in high school, but I'm happy to get to it now.