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This Is Water

Some Thoughts, Delivered on a Significant Occasion, about Living a Compassionate Life
By David Foster Wallace
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This Is Water by David Foster Wallace is a thought-provoking commencement speech that challenges readers to think critically about everyday choices and the significance of mindfulness. It explores the concept of personal freedom, encouraging individuals to transcend self-centered perceptions and cultivate a deeper awareness of the world around them. Through reflections on life and empathy, the book prompts readers to reconsider their default settings in understanding reality.
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This book may appeal to you if you appreciate thoughtful insights on everyday life and value the combination of philosophy and psychology to explore deeper meanings. You might enjoy it if you seek to understand the invisible frameworks of routine and human experience, offering a fresh perspective on consciousness and awareness.

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This Is Water

David Foster Wallace probes the challenges of daily living and offers advice that renews us with every reading.

David Foster Wallace probes the challenges of daily living and offers advice that renews us with every reading.

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What is the actual, real-life value of education? In this pointedly observant examination of daily life, David Foster Wallace seeks an answer to this deceptively simple question. In doing so, he notes that, 'the most obvious, ubiquitous, important realities are often the ones that are the hardest to see and talk about.' In other words, to really understand the world, we have to get out of our own thoughts and learn to see what's right in front of us. With this, he touches on the most basic, most important decision we all make every day – how to think about our world.

Writing with his one-of-a-kind blend of casual humour, exacting intellect, and practical philosophy, David Wallace probes the challenges of daily living and offers advice that renews us with every reading.

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David Foster Wallace's This Is Water, originally a graduation speech, is praised for its inspirational and thought-provoking message. Reviewers note its timeless wisdom, kindness, and decency, combined with Wallace's notable insight and humour. It is often compared to other renowned motivational works, encouraging deep introspection about life and awareness of one's surroundings.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780316068222

Publisher: Little, Brown & Company

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 01 April 2009

Country: United States

Imprint: Little, Brown & Company

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 16.0mm

Width: 121.0mm

Height: 175.0mm

Weight: 170g

Pages: 144

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David Foster Wallace Non-Fiction Philosophy & Psychology Philosophy & Stoicism

About the Author

David Foster Wallace is the recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship, the Lannan Award for Fiction, the Paris Review's Aga Kahn Prize and John Train Prize for Humour, and the O. Henry Award. He died in 2008.

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