Life Is Hard: How Philosophy Can Help Us Find Our Way

Helena de Bres&nbsp;is an associate professor of philosophy at Wellesley College. Her personal essays, public philosophy, and humor writing have appeared in&nbsp;The Point,&nbsp;The New York Times,&nbsp;The Rumpus,&nbsp;Aeon Magazine, and&nbsp;McSweeney’s Internet Tendency, and she’s currently writing a memoir about the nature and value of philosophy.

Helena de Bres

The Philosophy of Shittiness: On Kieran Setiya’s “Life Is Hard”

"Never be afraid to sit awhile and think." — Lorraine Hansberry

Philosophy &amp; Religion

Helena de Bres&nbsp;is an associate professor of philosophy at Wellesley College. Her personal essays, public philosophy, and humor writing have appeared in&nbsp;The Point,&nbsp;The New York Times,&nbsp;The Rumpus,&nbsp;Aeon Magazine, and&nbsp;McSweeney’s Internet Tendency, and she’s currently writing a memoir about the nature and value of philosophy.