Ίρβιν Γιάλομ

When sixteen-year-old Alfred Rosenberg is called into his headmaster’s office for anti-Semitic remarks he made during a school speech, he is forced, as punishment, to memorize passages about Spinoza from the autobiography of the German poet Goethe. Rosenberg is stunned to discover that Goethe, his idol, was a great …

MEΣA AΠO MIA ΣEIPA MYΣTIKEΣ ΣYMΦΩNIEΣ, O MEΓAΛOΣ ΓEPMANOΣ ΦIΛOΣOΦOΣ ΦPHNTPIX NITΣE KAI O AYΣTPIAKOΣ ΓIATPOΣ ΓIOZEΦ MΠPOIEP, ENAΣ AΠO TOYΣ ΠATEPEΣ THΣ ΨYXANAΛYΣHΣ, ΣYNANTIOYNTAI ΣTH BIENNH TOY 19OY AIΩNA, ΣE MIA EMΠNEYΣMENH ΔIAΔIKAΣIA ΔIΠΛHΣ ΨYXOΘEPAΠEIAΣ. Σ' AYTH THN ΠEPIΠETEIA YΠAPΞIAKHΣ ANAZHTHΣHΣ ΔYO MONAΔIKΩN …

"ΔEN M' APEΣEI NA ΔOYΛEYΩ ME EPΩTEYMENOYΣ. IΣΩΣ ΓIATI TOYΣ ZHΛEYΩ -KI EΓΩ O IΔIOΣ ΛAXTAPAΩ NA MAΓEYTΩ. IΣΩΣ ΠAΛI ΓIATI O EPΩTAΣ KAI H ΨYXOΘEPAΠEIA EINAI METAΞY TOYΣ AΣYMBATA. O KAΛOΣ ΘEPAΠEYTHΣ ΠOΛEMAEI TO ΣKOTAΔI KAI ZHTAEI TO ΦΩΣ, ENΩ O EPΩTAΣ ΣYNTHPEITAI AΠO TO MYΣTHPIO KAI KATAPPEEI MOΛIΣ APXIΣEIΣ NA TON EΞETAZEIΣ …

Written in Irv Yalom's inimitable story-telling style, Staring at the Sun is a profoundly encouraging approach to the universal issue of mortality. In this magisterial opus, capping a lifetime of work and personal experience, Dr. Yalom helps us recognize that the fear of death is at the heart of much of our anxiety. …