About “The Bed of Procrustes”
The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms is a non-fiction book by Nassim Nicholas Taleb, written in the aphoristic style. It was first published on November 30, 2010, by Random House. An updated edition was released on October 26, 2016, containing fifty percent more material than the original. The book contrasts classical values such as courage, elegance, and erudition with modern negative traits like nerdiness, philistinism, and phoniness. The title references Procrustes, a figure from Greek mythology who forced travelers to fit his bed by stretching or cutting their bodies. (Summary adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.)
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- First published
- 2010
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