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Famed critic Terry Eagleton takes a serious if often amusing look at the meaning of life. Eagleton first examines how centuries of thinkers and writers--from Marx and Schopenhauer to Shakespeare, Sartre, and Beckett--have responded to the ultimate question of meaning. He suggests, however, that it is only in modern times that the question has become problematic. But instead of tackling it head-on, many of us cope with the feelings of meaninglessness in our lives by filling them with everything from football to fundamentalism. He argues instead that the meaning of life is a matter of living in a certain way--a certain quality, depth, abundance and intensity of life.
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The Meaning of Life, Terry Eagleton
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- Released
- 2007
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- Title
- The Meaning of Life
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Terry Eagleton
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Released
- 2007
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 200
- ISBN10
- 0199210705
- ISBN13
- 9780199210701
- Series
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, Social Sciences, Historical Themes, History, Religion & Spirituality, Psychological Topics, Religious Topics, Philosophical Topics, Humor, Religion, Love, Philosophy, Spirituality, Happiness, Searching for the meaning of life
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- 3.6 out of 5
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- Famed critic Terry Eagleton takes a serious if often amusing look at the meaning of life. Eagleton first examines how centuries of thinkers and writers--from Marx and Schopenhauer to Shakespeare, Sartre, and Beckett--have responded to the ultimate question of meaning. He suggests, however, that it is only in modern times that the question has become problematic. But instead of tackling it head-on, many of us cope with the feelings of meaninglessness in our lives by filling them with everything from football to fundamentalism. He argues instead that the meaning of life is a matter of living in a certain way--a certain quality, depth, abundance and intensity of life.