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- Paperback
448 pages
- Release Date
23 July 2024
Summary
The Examined Life: A Guide to Meaning and Purpose
How should I live my life? What values shall I live by? What sort of person should I be? What shall I aim for?
In this summation of a lifetime thinking and writing about these great questions, A. C. Grayling explores with clarity and depth the ideas that each of us must use in answering them for ourselves.
Drawing on the lives, experiences and works of a fantastically eclectic range of thinkers - taking in not only ph…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780241993200 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0241993202 |
| Author: | A.C. Grayling |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 448 |
| Release Date: | 23 July 2024 |
| Weight: | 310g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 128mm x 28mm |
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Vivid . . . a panoramic, sweeping affair, in which Grayling draws upon Lebensphilosophie in all its forms, from the ancient Greeks to Friedrich Nietzsche, Jean-Paul Sartre to contemporary thinkers such as Martha Nussbaum, as well as poets, artists and scientists * Daily Telegraph *An enthusiastic thinker who embraces humour, common sense and lucidity * Independent *Anthony Grayling’s intimate and vital dialogue with many of the greatest thinkers since antiquity will inspire each of us to discover the best life we are capable of living – Professor Simon May
About The Author
A.C. Grayling
Professor A. C. Grayling is Principal of the New College of the Humanities at Northeastern University, London, and a Supernumerary Fellow of St Anne’s College, Oxford. He has written and edited over thirty books on philosophy, history, science and current affairs. For several years he wrote columns for the Guardian newspaper and The Times and was the chairman of the 2014 Man Booker Prize.
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