guide to living in the zen times

"The second thesis, which arises out of the first, is that this life
of theory entails the renunciation of everyday life, with all its
various passions, sensibilities and ambitions so that the ideal state
for a philosopher is that of a "living dead". The concerns of everyday
living and the feelings thereby engendered are entanglements that
hinder the seeker of enlightenment from attaining the insights that
(s)he aspires to. It is this ideal condition, zombie-like as it must
appear, that has held sway in Western thought from the time of
Socrates self-orchestrated death, through the chastity of medieval
scholasticism up to 19th Century phenomenology." -- Amazon review of
The Art of Philosophy