All things shining, reading the Western classics to find meaning in a secular age, Hubert Dreyfus and Sean Dorrance Kelly
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All things shining, reading the Western classics to find meaning in a secular age, Hubert Dreyfus and Sean Dorrance Kelly
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All things shining
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Hubert Dreyfus and Sean Dorrance Kelly
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reading the Western classics to find meaning in a secular age
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A wide-ranging look at the loss of meaning in the West, and a gripping guide for how to retrieve it.The religious turn to their faith to find meaning. But what about the many people who lead secular lives and are also hungry for meaning? What guides, what approaches are available to them?Distinguished philosophers, Hubert Dreyfus and Sean Dorrance Kelly explain that a secular life charged with meaning is indeed within reach..
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Our contemporary nihilism -- David Foster Wallace's nihilism -- Homer's polytheism -- From Aeschylus to Augustine : monotheism on the rise -- From Dante to Kant : the attractions and dangers of autonomy -- Fanaticism, polytheism, and Melville's "evil art" -- Conclusion : lives worth living in a secular age
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