"This bold fascinating book seeks to inhabit other philosophical traditions, with humility but without patronisingly exempting them from the critique he applies to ours... Deft [and] rigorous - Jane O'Grady, Financial Times

"There to fill the Sapiens-size hole in your life" - Observer

"Terrific. The intellectual and spiritual generosity of this book makes it an essential text for our fractious and dangerously divided era" - Richard Holloway

"Such scope, and such lucid, lightly worn learning. Enlightening, perspective-shifting, mind-expanding - a superb tour through world philosophies with an erudite and friendly guide" - Sarah Bakewell

"Timely and important...this is his best [book] to date... Enthralling... This ingenious and open-hearted book is about the art of living well, something the West's philosophy has often neglected" - Stuart Kelly, Scotland on Sunday

"A brilliantly accessible coalescence of thought and belief from around the world...A triumph of comparative philosophy with widespread relevance for the way we live today" - Book of the Month, Waterstones