Significant Life

Human Meaning in a Silent Universe

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Todd May: Significant Life (2016, University of Chicago Press)

240 pages

English language

Published July 20, 2016 by University of Chicago Press.

ISBN:
978-0-226-42104-9
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What makes for a good life, or a beautiful one, or, perhaps most important, a meaningful one? Throughout history most of us have looked to our faith, our relationships, or our deeds for the answer. But in A Significant Life, philosopher Todd May offers an exhilarating new way of thinking about these questions, one deeply attuned to life as it actually is: a work in progress, a journey -- and often a narrative. Offering moving accounts of his own life and memories alongside rich engagements with philosophers from Aristotle to Heidegger, he shows us where to find the significance of our lives: in the way we live them. --Publisher's description.

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Subjects

  • Philosophical anthropology
  • Meaning (philosophy)
  • Life
  • Conduct of life