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Jun 26, 2017 · Featuring twenty-five insightful selections by prominent philosophers, literary figures, and religious thinkers, The Meaning of Life: A Reader, Fourth Edition, serves as an ideal core text for courses on the meaning of life and introduction to philosophy courses where the topic is emphasized.
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- Steven M. Cahn
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- Oxford University Press
- Man’S Search For Meaning – Viktor Frankl
- Of Human Freedom – Epictetus
- The Art of Happiness: A Handbook For Living – Dalai Lama and Howard C. Cutler
- The Happiness Trap – Russ Harris
- Aristotle’s Way: How Ancient Wisdom Can Change Your Life – Edith Hall
- The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment – Eckhart Tolle
- Altruism: The Science and Psychology of Kindness – Matthieu Ricard
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At the top of my list (and many others of its kind) is Man’s Search for Meaning: The Classic Tribute to Hope from the Holocaust (Frankl, 1946, 2004). It was written by the Austrian psychiatrist, Holocaust survivor, and founder of logotherapy, Viktor Frankl,who lived from 1905 to 1997. Frankl argues that our primary task in life is to furnish it wit...
Like the other philosophers of the Stoa, the former Greek slave Epictetus (c. 55–135 C.E.) strongly believed that we can control our feelings by controlling our thoughts. Because most external events are beyond our control, Epictetus believed that it is pointless to worry about them. But our evaluations of these events, by contrast, are entirely wi...
Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Tibetan Dalai Lama, has cowritten a bestselling self-help book entitled The Art of Happiness: A Handbook for Livingwith the psychiatrist Howard C. Cutler (2009). In this book, he presents Buddhist thought as a comprehensive framework for ethical self-improvement. Cutler supplements the Dalai Lama’s ancient wisdom with anecdo...
The Australian psychologist Russ Harris (2008) challenges the idea that the meaning of life is to chase happiness. He believes that the current Western conceptions of happiness are entirely counterproductive. His international bestseller, The Happiness Trap, is based on the principles of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy(ACT). Unlike the Stoics and...
The Greek philosopher Aristotle (384–322 BCE) believed that happiness is the ultimate goal of human life and our highest good. Moreover, it requires the fulfillment of our potential and the actualization of our highest human capacity. To realize our potential, we have to work on our behavior and emotional responses to become the best versions of ou...
In his bestselling self-help book The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment, the German-born writer Eckhart Tolle (1999) argues that the meaning of life is simply being present. But truly being presentis far from a simple matter. The key to living in the present, Tolle writes, is to stop identifying with our minds and the stream of invol...
The French-born Buddhist monk Matthieu Ricard is both a theorist and a practitioner of altruism. He believes that the meaning of our lives is to practice altruism. In Altruism: The Science and Psychology of Kindness, Ricard (2015) argues that the wider our circle of care is extended and the more unconditional and inclusive it becomes, the more genu...
You will no doubt have noticed that some of the ideas on what constitutes the meaning of lifeexplored above are in contradiction. Some, such as Epictetus and Tolle, argue that we can find meaning inside our selves, by shoring up our defenses against the blows of fortune and by being present. Frankl, Aristotle, Harris, and Ricard, by contrast, argue...
Explore different perspectives on the meaning of life from philosophers, psychologists, and spiritual teachers. Learn how to discover meaning in creativity, love, suffering, and more.
Books shelved as meaning-of-life: Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl, The Midnight Library by Matt Haig, The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho, The Fiv...
This book considers a range of options for where the meaning of life is to be found, including love, family, friendship, work, self-knowledge and nature. We learn why certain things feel meaningful while others don’t, and consider how we might introduce more meaning into our activities.
Feb 21, 2018 · Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going?, one of Post-Impressionist Paul Gauguin ‘s most famous paintings. This is a list of the books on the meaning of life that I recommend.
Sep 27, 2010 · Finding meaning in life is not the same as finding happiness, argues Canadian philosopher Paul Thagard. He picks the best books on the meaning of life.
Oct 11, 2007 · The only anthology of its kind, The Meaning of Life: A Reader, Third Edition, is ideal for courses in introduction to philosophy, human nature, and the meaning of life. It also offers general readers an accessible and stimulating introduction to the subject.
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