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The host highlighted it as Epstein's first major work and Mark recalled finding the original copy in a used bookstore, noting its Freudian influence.
His first big book years ago was called Thoughts Without a Thinker.
— Episode: Why Does My Mind Keep Thinking That?
Episode: Why Does My Mind Keep Thinking That?
The host highlighted it as Epstein's first major work and Mark recalled finding the original copy in a used bookstore, noting its Freudian influence.
His first big book years ago was called Thoughts Without a Thinker.
Your first book had one of my favorite titles for a book, Thoughts Without a Thinker.
I was in a used bookstore in the East Village and I came across that original Thoughts Without a Thinker book.
Freud is a big influence on that first book.
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Ezra noted that the book tackles the question of who is thinking, blending Western psychotherapy with Buddhist insights.
And the third one ... Thoughts Without a Thinker by Mark Epstein, who is a psychiatrist ... who practices Western psychotherapy, but also is a scholar of Buddhism and integrates the two. ... I really think Mark Epstein takes on those questions in a really interesting way.
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Ezra Klein suggested this book for its exploration of who is actually thinking, appreciating Mark Epstein's blend of psychotherapy and Buddhist scholarship.
The third one is Thoughts Without a Thinker by Mark Epstein, a psychiatrist who practices Western psychotherapy but also studies Buddhism and integrates the two.
