The "Handbook of Stupidity" by Dionysis Haritopoulos is a self-awareness manual, a condensed philosophy of life focusing on understanding and comprehension, intelligence and foolishness, stupidity and the fool. The relevant phenomena are examined from both their historical and anthropological aspects as well as clinical symptoms of modern life.

The author himself notes meaningfully on the back cover of the book: "Because we all underestimate the number of idiots among us and every now and then we are surprised by people who are 'beyond suspicion', we should probably reintroduce ourselves..."

Dionysis Haritopoulos has divided his original aphorisms into 88 sections that concern equal cases/ observations/ interpretations of human stupidity.

The book can be read from beginning to end, but also without an apparent order, just like a collection of poems or aphorisms.