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Philosophical musings on life's ultimate query.

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If you find yourself pondering the grand question, "What's it all about?" Terry Eagleton's "The Meaning of Life" could be the engaging companion you need. With his wit and profound insights, he sifts through cultural and philosophical responses to life's meaning, steering clear of cliches and instead offering a perspective that champions living fully and authentically. It's a read that's both intellectually stimulating and surprisingly entertaining.

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ISBN: 9780199210701

Authors: Terry Eagleton

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Date of Publication: 2007-03-29

Format: Hardcover

Related Collections: Philosophy, History, Religion

Related Topics: Spirituality, World History, Theory, History, European History, Atheism

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The phrase "the meaning of life" for many seems a quaint notion fit for satirical mauling by Monty Python or Douglas Adams. But in this spirited Very Short Introduction, famed critic Terry Eagleton takes a serious if often amusing look at the question and offers his own surprising answer. Eagleton first examines how centuries of thinkers and writers—from Marx and Schopenhauer to Shakespeare, Sartre, and Beckett—have responded to the ultimate question of meaning. He suggests, however, that it is only in modern times that the question has become problematic. Instead of tackling it head-on, many of us cope with the feelings of meaninglessness in our lives by filling them with everything from football to sex, Kabbalah, Scientology, "New Age softheadedness," or fundamentalism. On the other hand, Eagleton notes, many educated people believe that life is an evolutionary accident that has no intrinsic meaning. If our lives have meaning, it is something with which we manage to invest them, not something with which they come ready made. Eagleton probes this view of meaning as a kind of private enterprise, and concludes that the meaning of life is not a solution to a problem, but a matter of living in a certain way. It is not metaphysical but ethical. It is not something separate from life, but what makes it worth living—that is, a certain quality, depth, abundance and intensity of life. Here then is a brilliant discussion of the problem of meaning by a leading thinker, who writes with a light and often irreverent touch, but with a very serious end in mind. About the Very Short Introductions, combining authority with wit, accessibility, and style, they offer an introduction to some of life's most interesting topics. Written by experts for the newcomer, they demonstrate the finest contemporary thinking about the central problems and issues in hundreds of key topics, from philosophy to Freud, quantum theory to Islam.

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Philosophical musings on life's ultimate query.

Who is this book for?

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