About the book: 2022 / Eric Weiner combines his passion for philosophy with his love of traveling around the world, setting off on a pilgrimage that will tell about amazing life lessons from great thinkers from all over the world - from Rousseau to Nietzsche, from Confucius to Simone Weil. Traveling by train (a mode of travel ideal for contemplation), he travels thousands of kilometers, stopping in Athens, Delhi, Wyoming, Coney Island, Frankfurt, to discover the original purpose of philosophy: to teach us to live wiser, more meaningful lives. . From Socrates and ancient Athens to Simone de Beauvoir and 20th-century Paris, the author's chosen philosophers and places become important reference points in today's chaotic world. In Philosophical Express, Weiner invites us to embark on a journey of wisdom, in which we try together to find answers to our deepest questions. cherished questions.