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A Wonderful Life: Insights on Finding a Meaningful Existence
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Overview
With beautiful decorative elements and an engaging design, the book approaches its subject in a readily digestible form. It grapples with some of life’s most pressing questions, like "Is happiness a worthy goal?" and "What is the foundation for meaning in a secular society?" and "Is life an existential void?" yet Martela answers these questions and more in a relaxed, conversational tone and with a wry sense of humor, placing some of life’s greatest philosophical concerns and quandaries into a modern-day context.
Martela quickly and concisely gets to the heart of the matter: your place in the world and how to find meaning in life as countless thinkers and philosophers have done before, yet the emphasis here is on what we do with the life we have and how we can make it more meaningful. Part prescriptive and part armchair philosophy book, A Wonderful Life is accessible to everyone, from the well-read scholar to the apprentice as well as anyone curious about how to extract the greatest meaning and sense of purpose from their existence.
Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9780062942777 |
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Publisher: | HarperCollins Publishers |
Publication date: | 03/24/2020 |
Pages: | 200 |
Sales rank: | 458,669 |
Product dimensions: | 6.20(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.00(d) |
About the Author
Table of Contents
Introduction 9
Part 1 Why Humans Seek Meaning 14
1 Rise Above Life's Absurdity' 16
2 You're Cosmically Insignificant, Impermanent, and Arbitrary-and That's Okay 22
3 Happiness Is a Poor Life Goal 30
4 Your Life Is Already Meaningful 45
Part 2 The Question of Meaning: A New Perspective 56
5 Your Existential Crisis Makes You Modern 58
6 A Romantic Notion 73
7 There Is Meaning in Life with or without the Meaning of Life 88
8 Building a Personal Value System 102
Part 3 Paths to a More Meaningful Life 114
9 Invest in Your Relationships 116
10 Help Others, Help Yourself 129
11 Become Who You Are 140
12 Master Your Potential 153
Epilogue 168
Acknowledgments 175
Notes 179
Bibliography 195
Recommended Reading 197