Naujausi A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P R S T V W Y Z
Pavadinimas: THE QUEST FOR MEANING
Autoriai: OSWALD HANFLING
Metai:
ISBN: 0-631-15333-0
Brūkšninis kodas: 4046036
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Anotacija:
Acknowledgments viii
Introduction ix
Chapter One Suffering1
1 “We feel pain, not painless” 2
2 The “pendulum between pain and boredom” 5
3 Are some lives worse than others? 8
4 The value of suffering 11
5. Conclusion 12
Chapter Two Purpose
1 The question “Why?”: means and ends 16
2 “The end had ceased to charm” 19
3 The Ozymandias perspective 21
4 The endless cycle of generation 24
5 To travel and to arrive 26
6 Is life absurd? 29
7 Natrure`s remedy 32
8 The life of purpose and its alternatives 34
Chapter Three God 42
1 Insignificant man 42
2 God`s purpose and the problem of evil 47
3 The life hereafter 52
4 Meaning and the religious calendar 54
Chapter Four Death
1 Is death the end? 58
2 The consolation of nature 62
3 When death is present 66
4 Death and other forms of non-existence 67
5 Death and the goodness of life 72
6 Death and the desire for life 78
7. Conclusion: the meaning of death 82
Chapter Five The value of life 86
1 The “sanctity” of life 86
2 The value of human and other existence 94
Chapter Six Self-tealization 105
Chapter Seven Nature 109
1 The garden of Eden 109
2 “Artificial men and factitious passions” 111
3 Before and after language 115
4 “Must societies be abolished? 120
5 The value of nature 121
Chapter Eight Homo sapiens 127
1 The “political animal” 127
2 The rational life 130
3 The life of enquiry 135
4 The aesthetic life 139
5 The “higher” pleasures 142
6 The moral life 151
7 Men and women 154
8 Conclusion 161
Chapter Nine Happiness and desire 165
1 Desire and satisfaction 165
2 Actual and potential desires 168
3 Desire and the “Greatest Happiness Principle” 173
4 Happiness and truth 177
5 Happiness and duty 180
Chapter Ten Who am I? 189
1 The individual and society 189
2 “Man makes himself 193
3 Freedom and reason 197
4 Being true to oneself 203
5 The limits of reason 205
6 Homo ludens 208
Index 218
Autoriai: OSWALD HANFLING
Metai:
ISBN: 0-631-15333-0
Brūkšninis kodas: 4046036
Ieškoti VUB kataloge
Anotacija:
"What is the meaning of life?" - is a question that has long been out of fashion among Western philosophers, even though it is widely recognized as expressing worries that many people feel about their lives and life in general. The Quest for Meaning deals with two main themes: first, facts about life which may seem to make it meaningless - death; the lack of an ultimate purpose; the prevalence of suffering. Second, self-realization if, and in what sense, this is a satisfactory or coherent ideal.
Acknowledgments viii
Introduction ix
Chapter One Suffering1
1 “We feel pain, not painless” 2
2 The “pendulum between pain and boredom” 5
3 Are some lives worse than others? 8
4 The value of suffering 11
5. Conclusion 12
Chapter Two Purpose
1 The question “Why?”: means and ends 16
2 “The end had ceased to charm” 19
3 The Ozymandias perspective 21
4 The endless cycle of generation 24
5 To travel and to arrive 26
6 Is life absurd? 29
7 Natrure`s remedy 32
8 The life of purpose and its alternatives 34
Chapter Three God 42
1 Insignificant man 42
2 God`s purpose and the problem of evil 47
3 The life hereafter 52
4 Meaning and the religious calendar 54
Chapter Four Death
1 Is death the end? 58
2 The consolation of nature 62
3 When death is present 66
4 Death and other forms of non-existence 67
5 Death and the goodness of life 72
6 Death and the desire for life 78
7. Conclusion: the meaning of death 82
Chapter Five The value of life 86
1 The “sanctity” of life 86
2 The value of human and other existence 94
Chapter Six Self-tealization 105
Chapter Seven Nature 109
1 The garden of Eden 109
2 “Artificial men and factitious passions” 111
3 Before and after language 115
4 “Must societies be abolished? 120
5 The value of nature 121
Chapter Eight Homo sapiens 127
1 The “political animal” 127
2 The rational life 130
3 The life of enquiry 135
4 The aesthetic life 139
5 The “higher” pleasures 142
6 The moral life 151
7 Men and women 154
8 Conclusion 161
Chapter Nine Happiness and desire 165
1 Desire and satisfaction 165
2 Actual and potential desires 168
3 Desire and the “Greatest Happiness Principle” 173
4 Happiness and truth 177
5 Happiness and duty 180
Chapter Ten Who am I? 189
1 The individual and society 189
2 “Man makes himself 193
3 Freedom and reason 197
4 Being true to oneself 203
5 The limits of reason 205
6 Homo ludens 208
Index 218
