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Philosophy and Life
Exploring the Great Questions of How to Live
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From the eminent philosopher, an answer to the big question: how should I live my life? 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...
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From the eminent philosopher, an answer to the big question: how should I live my life?
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 philosophers such as Confucius, Seneca and Nietzsche, but also authors from Shakespeare to Ursula LeGuin, and modern thinkers such as Martha Nussbaum and Bernard Williams—Philosophy and Life brings together wisdom from across eras and continents in a tour de force on the philosophy of how to live your life.
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ISBN: 9780241993200
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 25 April 2024
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Penguin Books Ltd
Audience: General / adult, Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly
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Spine width: 28.0mm
Width: 130.0mm
Height: 197.0mm
Weight: 313g
Pages: 448
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About the Author
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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