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What's It All About?: Philosophy and the Meaning of Life

What's It All About?: Philosophy and the Meaning of Life

Baggini, Julian

Paperback

Philosophy

ISBN10: 0195315790
ISBN13: 9780195315790
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: Jan 8 2007
Pages: 224
Weight: 0.38
Height: 0.47 Width: 5.46 Depth: 8.14
Language: English
What is the meaning of life? It is a question that has intrigued the great philosophers--and has been hilariously lampooned by Monty Python. Indeed, the whole idea strikes many of us as vaguely pompous and perhaps more than a little absurd. Is there one profound answer, an ultimate purpose behind human existence?

Julian Baggini thinks not. Rather, as Baggini argues in What's It All About, meaning can be found in a variety of ways. He succinctly breaks down six answers people commonly suggest when considering what life is all about--helping others, serving humanity, being happy, becoming successful, enjoying each day as if it were your last, and freeing your mind. By reducing the vague, mysterious question of meaning to a series of more specific (if unmysterious) questions about what gives life purpose and value, he shows that the quest for meaning can be personal, empowering, and uplifting.

Illustrating his argument with the thoughts of many of the great philosophers and examples drawn from everyday life, Baggini convincingly shows that the search for meaning is personal and within the power of each of us to find.

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