Title:
The examined life : philosophical meditations / Robert Nozick.
Author:
Nozick, Robert.
Publication Information:
New York : Simon & Schuster, 2006, c1989.
Call Number:
BD431 .N65 2006
Abstract:
An original work from a preeminent professor of philosophy at Harvard University, in which happiness, dying, creativity, religious faith, sexuality, good and evil, the ideal and the real, are explored in the grand Socratic tradition. Now in paperback, this bestseller will appeal to anyone concerned with inner transformation and personal growth.
Edition:
1st Simon & Schuster ed.
ISBN:
9780671725013
Physical Description:
308 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents:
Dying -- Parents and children -- Creating -- Nature of God, the Nature of faith -- Holiness of everyday life -- Sexuality -- Love's bond -- Emotions -- Happiness -- Focus -- Being more real -- Selflessness -- Stances -- Value and meaning -- Importance and weight -- Matrix of reality -- Darkness and light -- Theological explanations -- Holocaust -- Enlightenment -- Giving everything its due -- What is wisdom and why do philosophers love it so? -- Ideal and the actual -- Zigzag of politics -- Philosophy's life -- Portrait of the philosopher as a young man.
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