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Title	:	The Schopenhauer Cure
Author	:	Irvin D. Yalom
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Deluxe Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 358 pages
Published	:	January 3rd 2006 by Harper Perennial Modern Classics (first published June 4th 2000)
Categories	:	Psychology. Fiction. Philosophy. Novels. Literature

The Schopenhauer Cure

Irvin D. Yalom

Paperback | Pages: 358 pages

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Suddenly confronted with his own mortality after a routine checkup, eminent psychotherapist Julius Hertzfeld is forced to reexamine his life and work -- and seeks out Philip Slate, a sex addict whom he failed to help some twenty years earlier. Yet Philip claims to be cured -- miraculously transformed by the pessimistic teachings of German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer -- and is, himself, a philosophical counselor in training. Philips dour, misanthropic stance compels Julius to invite Philip to join his intensive therapy group in exchange for tutoring on Schopenhauer. But with mere months left, life may be far too short to help Philip or to compete with him for the hearts and minds of the group members. And then again, it might be just long enough.

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Original Title:	The Schopenhauer Cure
ISBN:	0060938102 (ISBN13: 9780060938109)
Edition Language:	English

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Schopenhauer Cure is a book that lives right at the corner of book nerd street and therapy nerd avenue. I gave it 4 stars because, coincidently, I live on that same corner. Irvin Yalom is more or less the reigning Godfather of group therapy and has written extensively in the field, both in educational theory/practice and fictional "teaching novels". A lot of my appreciation for this novel had to do with reading it for class in conjunction with Yalom's text book "Theory and Practice of Group

Cancer Cures NeurosisAn episode of the British sci-fi comedy, Red Dwarf, has a disturbing female character with a heavy Germanic accent proclaiming, "Schopenhauer was rrrright: Without pain, life has no meaning. I am about to give your life meaning." This is more or less the central theme of Yalom's novel.Like Robertson Davies' Manticore, The Schopenhauer Cure follows a series of psycho-analytic therapy sessions, interspersed with background material. But Yalom uses group not individual therapy

The sort of book that reminded me why I love reading. It opened up so many trains of thoughts and when I finished it, I felt like I have a 1% better understanding on people and human relationships in general. Its truly outstanding how Yalom manages to not get preachy while teaching you so many things.

This was - on the whole - an excellent book. It serves both as a good introduction to the thought of Arthur Schopenhauer for the lay person and an interesting exploration of various personality types in group therapy with one another. All the action for the novel takes places (with very few and short exceptions) during the group sessions of a therapist who has just been diagnosed with terminal cancer. These are his last session with his favorite group. And, taking stock of his life, he chooses

Relationships are difficult: they can cause frustrations, misunderstandings, self-loathing and a whole range of negative feelings, especially if our own mental formation was biased by hurtful past events, even by traumas that we are not able to acknowledge as such. Human mind is a very powerful tool and most of us dont have any clue how to understand it and use it to our advantage. Imagine an ancient city that built a high wall to protect it from the high torrents of an adjacent river.

Out of Yalom's books I have read so far, this one was the least interesting for me specially that I read it after "becoming Myself". Yalom nicely integrates Schopenhauer's philosophy and therapy in this book, through a not so well plotted story. There are a lot of life lessons in the book.

The Schopenhauer cure : a novel, 1st ed, c2005, Irvin D. YalomJulius Hertzfeld is a distinguished psychotherapist when a sudden confrontation with his own mortality forces him to re-examine his life and work. Has he really made an enduring difference to the lives of his patients? And what about those he's failed Ð what has happened to them? His attempt to make sense of the past places him on a collision course with former patient Philip Slate a handsome but arrogant and misanthropic sex addict