Description: A renowned Buddhist teacher turns to two of the most influential figures in history for guidance on how to face the ethical challenges of our time
Review Quotes: "Batchelor's latest book is Buddha, Socrates and Us: Ethical Living in Uncertain Times. There he draws on a different tradition of doubt--Socratic questioning--and explores the wisdom that Buddhist and Hellenistic philosophy might offer us today."--Ezra Klein, The Ezra Klein Show
"Refreshing and bold."--Times Literary Supplement "A provocative case for exploring an increasingly urgent question: how to live a good life responsibly. . . . Engaging and thought-provoking pathway for cultivating an ethical life and helping bring about a better world."--Kirkus Reviews "[Batchelor's] narrative shuttles nimbly between the two figures, between East and West, the Indian world and the Greek one, in a compulsively readable way. Batchelor is not only a seasoned practitioner of Buddhism, and a great scholar of it, but a gifted storyteller to boot."--Costică Brădăţan, American Scholar "A rich and fascinating exploration of the lives and teachings of Buddha and Socrates, this book is brave and revelatory, and one that brings us to the crisis of our era and opens a brilliant path forward."--Roshi Joan Halifax, abbot, Upaya Zen Center "Batchelor has proven himself to be one of our finest writers on Buddhism. In this beautifully written and impeccably researched book, he provides a series of innovative readings of ancient Greek and ancient Buddhist texts to recover an 'ethics of uncertainty' as a widely applicable and practical reorientation toward issues that face us all today."--Dale S. Wright, author of Living Skillfully: Buddhist Philosophy of Life from the Vimalakirti Sutra Praise for Stephen Batchelor: "Elegant and formally ingenious."--Geoff Wisner, Wall Street Journal, on The Art of Solitude "The most intellectually stimulating book on Buddhism in the past few years."--Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, on After Buddhism "Stephen Batchelor is our most profound thinker about the spiritual dilemmas of this time."--Mark Epstein, author of The Zen of Therapy: Uncovering a Hidden Kindness in Life