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Significant LifeTodd May

Significant Life

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What makes for a good life, or a beautiful one, or, perhaps most important, a meaningful one? Throughout history most of us have looked to our faith, our relationships, or our deeds for the answer. But in A Significant Life, philosopher Todd May offers an exhilarating new way of thinking about these questions, one deeply attuned to life as it actually is: a work in progress, a journey -- and often a narrative. Offering moving accounts of his own life and memories alongside rich engagements with philosophers from Aristotle to Heidegger, he shows us where to find the significance of our lives:…

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5 editions
  • Other · English · 2023
    University of Chicago Press · 9780226831572
  • Other · English · 2016
    University of Chicago Press · 240 pages · 9780226421049
  • Other · English · 2015
    University of Chicago Press · 9780226235707
  • Other · English · 2015
    University of Chicago Press · 9781336190290
  • Other · English · 2015
    A significant life
    197 pages · 9780226235677
Philosophical anthropologyMeaning (philosophy)LifeConduct of life