The Bed Of Procrustes: Philosophical And Practical Aphorisms is a book of philosophy and aphorisms. This title of the book refers to the Greek mythological figure of Procrustes, the rogue smith and son of Poseidon who possessed a horrific bed. The title of this book comes from such a context. This book tries to contrast classical values such as courage, elegance, and education with psychological diseases such as phoniness and philistinism.
The author of this book, The Bed Of Procrustes: Philosophical And Practical Aphorisms presents crucial yet unaccepted truths regarding life in a way that the readers can relate to those.
This book intelligently helps destroy the illusions of its readers, and encourages them to accept that there are many things in the world that the readers might not know. It is only when a person accepts that she/he doesn’t know something can the reader try to take a initiative to learn. This is the main ideology behind this book of philosophy.
This classic book of philosophy and aphorisms is available in the paperback, and was published in the year 2011 by Penguin UK.