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How to live a good life : a guide to choosing your personal philosophy / edited and with an introduction by Massimo Pigliucci, Skye C. Cleary, and Daniel A. Kaufman.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Vintage Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, 2020Description: xi, 306 pages ; 21 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780525566144
  • 0525566147
Contained works:
  • Flanagan, Owen J. Buddhism
  • Van Norden, Bryan W. Confucianism
  • Wang, Robin. Daoism
  • Kaufman, Daniel, 1968- Aristotelianism
  • Pigliucci, Massimo, 1964- Stoicism
  • Crespo, Hiram. Epicureanism
  • Sarma, Deepak, 1969- Hinduism
  • Block, Barbara. Judaism
  • McGrath, Alister E., 1953- Christianity
  • Duderija, Adis, 1977- Progressive Islam
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
Buddhism / Owen Flanagan -- Confucianism / Bryan W. Van Norden -- Daoism / Robin R. Wang -- Aristotelianism / Daniel A. Kaufman -- Stoicism / Massimo Pigliucci -- Epicureanism / Hiram Crespo -- Hinduism / Deepak Sarma -- Judaism / Rabbi Barbara Block -- Christianity / Alister McGrath -- Progressive Islam / Adis Duderija -- Ethical Culture / Anne Klaeysen -- Existentialism / Skye C. Cleary -- Pragmatism / John Kaag and Douglas Anderson -- Effective altruism / Kelsey Piper -- Secular humanism / John R. Shook.
Summary: "A collection of essays by fifteen philosophers presenting a thoughtful, introductory guide to choosing a philosophy for living an examined and meaningful life"-- Provided by publisher.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

A collection of essays by fifteen philosophers presenting a thoughtful, introductory guide to choosing a philosophy for living an examined and meaningful life.

Socrates famously said "the unexamined life is not worth living," but what does it mean to truly live philosophically?

This thought-provoking, wide-ranging collection brings together essays by fifteen leading philosophers reflecting on what it means to live according to a philosophy of life. From Eastern philosophies (Daoism, Confucianism, and Buddhism) and classical Western philosophies (such as Aristotelianism and Stoicism), to the four major religions, as well as contemporary philosophies (such as existentialism and effective altruism), each contributor offers a lively, personal account of how they find meaning in the practice of their chosen philosophical tradition.

Together, the pieces in How to Live a Good Life provide not only a beginner's guide to choosing a life philosophy but also a timely portrait of what it means to live an examined life in the twenty-first century.

A VINTAGE ORIGINAL

Includes bibliographical references.

Buddhism / Owen Flanagan -- Confucianism / Bryan W. Van Norden -- Daoism / Robin R. Wang -- Aristotelianism / Daniel A. Kaufman -- Stoicism / Massimo Pigliucci -- Epicureanism / Hiram Crespo -- Hinduism / Deepak Sarma -- Judaism / Rabbi Barbara Block -- Christianity / Alister McGrath -- Progressive Islam / Adis Duderija -- Ethical Culture / Anne Klaeysen -- Existentialism / Skye C. Cleary -- Pragmatism / John Kaag and Douglas Anderson -- Effective altruism / Kelsey Piper -- Secular humanism / John R. Shook.

"A collection of essays by fifteen philosophers presenting a thoughtful, introductory guide to choosing a philosophy for living an examined and meaningful life"-- Provided by publisher.

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