Frank Tallis – Wise: Finding purpose, meaning and wisdom beyond the midpoint of life
20th October @ 10:30 – 11:30
We are living longer and, thanks to medical advances, our lifespan after the middle years continues to extend. But how do you age wisely? How do you remain psychologically healthy and fully engaged
given the immense and daunting challenges of later life – regrets, loss, disappointments, physical deterioration, and mortality?
From ancient Greece to the 21st century, philosophers and psychologists have considered these questions, and remarkably, their opinions converge. There is a single essential task – integration – that once accomplished, equips us to cope with the many problems we are likely to encounter as we get older. What’s more, their insights are supported by cutting-edge neuroscience.
Frank Tallis examines ways to embrace and accept our mortality when our brains are hard-wired to resist it, how we can achieve meaning in our lives, and how we can understand the passage of time and make the most of it.
Dr Frank Tallis is a writer and clinical psychologist. His books include The Incurable Romantic, The Act
of Living and Mortal Secrets: Freud, Vienna and The Discovery of the Modern Mind, which was a Times book of the year.
Tickets £14.00 (£10.00 Students)
