Philosophical Practitioner Presents 'Plato, Not Prozac!'

Philosophical Practitioner Presents 'Plato, Not Prozac!'

10/19/2010 

Lou Marinoff, the international best-selling author of “Plato, Not Prozac!” and “Therapy for the Sane,” will lecture on Tuesday, Oct. 26, at SUNY Cortland.

Marinoff will present “Plato, Not Prozac!” at 7:30 p.m. in Sperry Center, Room 204. Sponsored by the Philosophy Department, the talk is free and open to the public.

The president of the American Philosophical Practitioners Association, Marinoff will address the question, “Why are people turning to philosophy to help with life’s problems and difficulties?”

A professor who chairs philosophy at City College of New York (CUNY), he will demonstrate how philosophy can be applied in everyday life.

For more information, contact Andrew Fitz-Gibbon, associate professor of philosophy and director of the Center for Ethics, Peace and Social Justice, at (607) 753-2016.


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