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The Terrible Paradox of Self-Awareness: How Awareness Is the Beginning and End of Suffering

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Publishing Details

Full Title:

The Terrible Paradox of Self-Awareness: How Awareness Is the Beginning and End of Suffering

Contributors:

By (Author) Robert Pantano

ISBN:

9798881602345

Publisher:

Andrews McMeel Publishing

Imprint:

Andrews McMeel Publishing

Publication Date:

31st March 2026

Country:

United States

Classifications

Readership:

General

Fiction/Non-fiction:

Non Fiction

Other Subjects:

Assertiveness, motivation, self-esteem and positive mental attitude

Physical Properties

Physical Format:

Paperback

Number of Pages:

144

Dimensions:

Width 127mm, Height 203mm, Spine 10mm

Weight:

15g

Description

From the author of The Art of Living a Meaningless Existence comes a moving, accessible, and ultimately hopeful series of meditations on the gifts and burdens of self-awareness.

Whether we realize it or not, all of us experience pain associated with self-awareness. In an age when we are aware of so muchabout ourselves and the worldthis pain can be overwhelming. But the same awareness that causes us pain also opens the door to beauty and wonder. This is the paradox of self-awareness.

In a series of memorable aphorisms and short essays, Robert Pantano offers strategies for better confronting, understanding, and living within this paradox. Far from pretending certainty or a magic pill, this moving collection offers tools for living well and finding comfort and peace without clear solutions.

Focusing on major issues of today such as personal alienation, nihilism, the futility of progress, and the malleability of truth, as well as timeless troubles such as desire, anxiety, aging, and death, The Terrible Paradox of Self-Awareness draws on and explores ideas of philosophy and self-development in a succinct, accessible style that will make the reader feel as much as think.

Author Bio

Robert Pantanois the founder and writer behind the popular philosophy and self-development YouTube channel, "Pursuit of Wonder." He is the author of several self-published books, includingThe Art of Living a Meaningless ExistenceandThe Art of Living an Absurd Existence.

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