Description
Most of us experience the modern world as either terrifying or boring. Cynicism, division, endless news, and addictive tech leave us feeling anxious, distracted, and off-balance. Worst of all, we’re told the world is no longer full of wonder and magic like the great stories promised. It’s time to return to our true selves.
Great Escape is a challenge to disenchanted times and argues that before we ever needed “self-help,” we absorbed time-tested wisdom through books and movies. The Stoic philosophy of Marcus Aurelius and Seneca left fingerprints on the works of C.S. Lewis and George Lucas’s Star Wars. The same tools Epictetus used to navigate a broken world are waiting to be discovered in the stories you grew up with.
Combining life lessons from pop culture, Christian theology, and Western thought, this book explores deep questions about purpose, suffering, love, worry, death, and hope. You’ll travel to Tatooine with Luke Skywalker, visit Howl’s Moving Castle and George R.R. Martin’s world of Westeros, walk alongside Frodo Baggins to Mordor, and even fight beside Goku from Dragon Ball Z—even passing through the wardrobe of The Chronicles of Narnia and into Harry Potter’s Hogwarts.
Why does the world feel so bleak? We’re living in rooms with no windows or sunlight, but a good story and practical philosophy can change that—restoring Focus on what matters most, Balance between extremes, and Wonder in how you interpret everyday life.
Product Details
Writer: Kent, Stephen
Release Date: 2027-03-16
FOC Date: 2027-02-09
Page Count: 208
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SKU: 9798895655863
Barcode: 9798895655863
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