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Book Synopsis The Significance of Existence by : Tom Bennett
Download or read book The Significance of Existence written by Tom Bennett and published by Balboa Press. This book was released on 2018-12-29 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Have you ever looked up into the night sky or maybe seen outer space through the lens of the Hubble telescope and asked yourself, Is there life out there? If the universe is that vast, why are we the only planet with life? Or maybe you had a fall. For instance, it may have been the death of a loved one, a divorce, bankruptcy, or another major setback that brought you to the point of asking, What am I doing? Why am I here? What is this for? These questions have been the driving force behind decades of research. We are satisfied that within the covers of this book, those questions have been answered. You are embarking on a universal journey—from an explanation of what fills space to how worlds are made; what consciousness is and how it becomes man; how we are all immortal, spiritual beings; and finally, the true significance behind our existence.
Book Synopsis The Significance of Existence by : TnT
Download or read book The Significance of Existence written by TnT and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-02-14 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Have you ever looked up into the night sky or maybe seen Outer Space through the lens of the Hubble Telescope and asked yourself: "Is there life out there? If The Universe is that vast, why are we the only planet with life?" Or maybe you had a fall. For instance, the death of a loved one, a divorce, bankruptcy or another major setback which brought you to the point of asking "What am I doing?, Why am I here?, What is this for?" These questions have been the driving force behind decades of research. We are satisfied that, within the covers of this book, those questions have been answered. You are embarking upon a universal journey, from an explanation of what fills space to how worlds are made, what consciousness is and how it becomes Man, how we are all Immortal Spiritual Beings and finally, the true significance behind our existence...
Book Synopsis The Significance of Existence by : I. Harris
Download or read book The Significance of Existence written by I. Harris and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Significance of Existence by : Isaac HARRIS (M.D., L.R.C.P.)
Download or read book The Significance of Existence written by Isaac HARRIS (M.D., L.R.C.P.) and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Meaning of Human Existence by : Edward O. Wilson
Download or read book The Meaning of Human Existence written by Edward O. Wilson and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2014-10-06 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: National Book Award Finalist. How did humanity originate and why does a species like ours exist on this planet? Do we have a special place, even a destiny in the universe? Where are we going, and perhaps, the most difficult question of all, "Why?" In The Meaning of Human Existence, his most philosophical work to date, Pulitzer Prize–winning biologist Edward O. Wilson grapples with these and other existential questions, examining what makes human beings supremely different from all other species. Searching for meaning in what Nietzsche once called "the rainbow colors" around the outer edges of knowledge and imagination, Wilson takes his readers on a journey, in the process bridging science and philosophy to create a twenty-first-century treatise on human existence—from our earliest inception to a provocative look at what the future of mankind portends. Continuing his groundbreaking examination of our "Anthropocene Epoch," which he began with The Social Conquest of Earth, described by the New York Times as "a sweeping account of the human rise to domination of the biosphere," here Wilson posits that we, as a species, now know enough about the universe and ourselves that we can begin to approach questions about our place in the cosmos and the meaning of intelligent life in a systematic, indeed, in a testable way. Once criticized for a purely mechanistic view of human life and an overreliance on genetic predetermination, Wilson presents in The Meaning of Human Existence his most expansive and advanced theories on the sovereignty of human life, recognizing that, even though the human and the spider evolved similarly, the poet's sonnet is wholly different from the spider's web. Whether attempting to explicate "The Riddle of the Human Species," "Free Will," or "Religion"; warning of "The Collapse of Biodiversity"; or even creating a plausible "Portrait of E.T.," Wilson does indeed believe that humanity holds a special position in the known universe. The human epoch that began in biological evolution and passed into pre-, then recorded, history is now more than ever before in our hands. Yet alarmed that we are about to abandon natural selection by redesigning biology and human nature as we wish them, Wilson soberly concludes that advances in science and technology bring us our greatest moral dilemma since God stayed the hand of Abraham.
Download or read book A Significant Life written by Todd May and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2015-04-02 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A tour de force. It is a thoughtful, subtle, beautifully written discussion of what it takes to live a meaningful life.” —Barry Schwartz, author of The Paradox of Choice Throughout history most of us have looked to faith, relationships, or deeds to give our lives purpose. But in A Significant Life, philosopher Todd May offers an exhilarating new way of thinking about meaning, 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 alongside rich engagements with philosophers from Aristotle to Heidegger, he shows us where to find the significance of our lives: in the way we live them. May starts by looking at the fundamental fact that life unfolds over time, and as it does so, it begins to develop certain qualities, certain themes. Our lives can be marked by intensity, curiosity, perseverance, or many other qualities that become guiding narrative values. These values lend meanings to our lives that are distinct from—but also interact with—the universal values we are taught to cultivate, such as goodness or happiness. Offering a fascinating examination of a broad range of figures—from music icon Jimi Hendrix to civil rights leader Fannie Lou Hamer, from cyclist Lance Armstrong to The Portrait of a Lady’s Ralph Touchett to Claus von Stauffenberg, a German officer who tried to assassinate Hitler—May shows that narrative values offer a rich variety of criteria by which to assess a life, specific to each of us and yet widely available. They offer us a way of reading ourselves, who we are, and who we might like to be.
Book Synopsis Existence, Meaning, Excellence by : Andrius Bielskis
Download or read book Existence, Meaning, Excellence written by Andrius Bielskis and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-10-17 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book addresses the ‘perennial’ question of the meaning of life from the point of view of a novel interpretation of Aristotle’s teleology. Beginning with the premise that at the core of modernity and modern moral imagination are the entropy of meaning and the sense of meaninglessness, the author critically engages with the work of the post-war existentialists, chiefly that of Albert Camus and Martin Heidegger, to argue that their analyses are unconvincing and that the question of the meaning of being should therefore be approached using different assumptions, based on the notion of flourishing life. From this Aristotelian outlook, Existence, Meaning, Excellence employs Alasdair MacIntyre’s critique of modernity, together with his conceptions of practice and the narrative unity of life and tradition to provide a novel philosophical account of existence, meaning and excellence - an account which is used to contribute to debates (between Kantian and Nietzschean perspectives) on the nature of art and genius, with Mozart’s genius being used by way of illustration. A fascinating and powerfully argued engagement with existentialist thought that draws on the ‘virtue’ tradition to explore questions of meaning, as well as wider questions within philosophy, this book will appeal to philosophers and social theorists with interests in existentialism, moral philosophy and accounts of ‘the good’ based on the notions of human flourishing.
Book Synopsis The Significance of Religious Experience by : Howard Wettstein
Download or read book The Significance of Religious Experience written by Howard Wettstein and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2014-11-12 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this volume of essays, Howard Wettstein explores the foundations of religious commitment. His orientation is broadly naturalistic, but not in the mode of reductionism or eliminativism. This collection explores questions of broad religious interest, but does so through a focus on the author's religious tradition, Judaism. Among the issues explored are the nature and role of awe, ritual, doctrine, religious experience; the distinction between belief and faith; problems of evil and suffering with special attention to the Book of Job and to the Akedah, the biblical story of the binding of Isaac; the virtue of forgiveness. One of the book's highlights is its literary (as opposed to philosophical) approach to theology that at the same time makes room for philosophical exploration of religion. Another is Wettstein's rejection of the usual picture that sees religious life as sitting atop a distinctive metaphysical foundation, one that stands in need of epistemological justification.
Book Synopsis What is this thing called The Meaning of Life? by : Stewart Goetz
Download or read book What is this thing called The Meaning of Life? written by Stewart Goetz and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-04-06 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What are we asking when we ask, "What is the meaning of life?"? Can there be meaning without God? Is a happy life a meaningful life? Can an immoral life be meaningful? Does our suffering have meaning? Does death threaten meaning? What is this thing called The Meaning of Life? provides an engaging and stimulating introduction to philosophical thinking about life’s meaning. Goetz and Seachris provide the reader with accessible examples, before looking at the main theoretical approaches to meaning and key philosophers associated with them. Topics covered include: What does the question, "What is the meaning of life?", even mean? Does life have a purpose? What is valuable? Do we matter? Does life (or my life) make any sense? Is there any meaning in suffering? Does death threaten meaning? Would immortality be good or bad news for us? With boxed summaries of key concepts and noteworthy examples, discussion questions, and suggestions for further reading included within each chapter, this book is the ideal introduction to life’s meaning for philosophy students coming to the subject for the first time.
Book Synopsis The Meaning of Human Existence by : Leslie Paul
Download or read book The Meaning of Human Existence written by Leslie Paul and published by . This book was released on 1954 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Purpose of Existence, Popularly Considered, in Relation to the Origin, Development, and Destiny of the Human Mind ... by :
Download or read book The Purpose of Existence, Popularly Considered, in Relation to the Origin, Development, and Destiny of the Human Mind ... written by and published by . This book was released on 1850 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Significant: The Essence of Our Existence by : Rory Evans Wilson
Download or read book Significant: The Essence of Our Existence written by Rory Evans Wilson and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2019-01-26 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The quest for human-kind to find the beginning of human presence and to understand the purpose and meaning of our existence provides the impetus for the collection of thoughts in this book. To think that we can see light coming from a galaxy that was formed shortly after the Big Bang event; we are very fortunate to be living in this period of technological advancement! Through open-minded examination and rational discernment, the author presents a reasonable determination of how we as individuals, and our planet as a whole, is in fact significant. Dedicated to all of us, who at times feel uncertain and wonder whether our life has meaning. The author wishes all people to realize the depth of their significance. To understand that God has a plan for everyone. That all life is a part of His perfect and miraculous creation.
Book Synopsis The Power of Meaning by : Emily Esfahani Smith
Download or read book The Power of Meaning written by Emily Esfahani Smith and published by Crown. This book was released on 2017-01-10 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a culture obsessed with happiness, this wise, stirring book points the way toward a richer, more satisfying life. Too many of us believe that the search for meaning is an esoteric pursuit—that you have to travel to a distant monastery or page through dusty volumes to discover life’s secrets. The truth is, there are untapped sources of meaning all around us—right here, right now. To explore how we can craft lives of meaning, Emily Esfahani Smith synthesizes a kaleidoscopic array of sources—from psychologists, sociologists, philosophers, and neuroscientists to figures in literature and history such as George Eliot, Viktor Frankl, Aristotle, and the Buddha. Drawing on this research, Smith shows us how cultivating connections to others, identifying and working toward a purpose, telling stories about our place in the world, and seeking out mystery can immeasurably deepen our lives. To bring what she calls the four pillars of meaning to life, Smith visits a tight-knit fishing village in the Chesapeake Bay, stargazes in West Texas, attends a dinner where young people gather to share their experiences of profound loss, and more. She also introduces us to compelling seekers of meaning—from the drug kingpin who finds his purpose in helping people get fit to the artist who draws on her Hindu upbringing to create arresting photographs. And she explores how we might begin to build a culture that leaves space for introspection and awe, cultivates a sense of community, and imbues our lives with meaning. Inspiring and story-driven, The Power of Meaning will strike a profound chord in anyone seeking a life that matters.
Book Synopsis The Meaning of Existence by : Charles Duell Kean
Download or read book The Meaning of Existence written by Charles Duell Kean and published by . This book was released on 1947 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Donated by Sydney Harris.
Book Synopsis Why? the Reason of Existence & the Meaning of Everything by : Tareq Alhindi
Download or read book Why? the Reason of Existence & the Meaning of Everything written by Tareq Alhindi and published by Tareq Zaid Alhindi. This book was released on 2018-10-12 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are you searching for meaning to your life? Do you think you have found one? Or do you think there is no meaning to be found in the first place? Are you bored of this universal routine we call
Book Synopsis The Meaning and Value of Life by : Rudolf Eucken
Download or read book The Meaning and Value of Life written by Rudolf Eucken and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Ultimate Meaning of Life by : Kauko Luukkonen
Download or read book The Ultimate Meaning of Life written by Kauko Luukkonen and published by BoD - Books on Demand. This book was released on 2020-06-22 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As we all know, the dilemma of comprehending the meaning of life has intrigued both the humans and the humanity ever since the start of existence. However, it seems there is only a few who have claimed having realized this meaning. Nevertheless, we have for thousands of years pursued that one conclusion, which would be universally accepted. It seems as if humans have an inherent desire for seeking a meaning for their existence. But why have we failed to find it? Is there indeed anyone who could confirm having found it? If yes, what exactly did he discover? Why is it important to realize the meaning of life just now? This book reflects upon various perspectives which may point us to the direction of this rather elusive realization. The book gives little emphasis on the qualitative aspects of the physical life, but instead attempts to discover the ultimate meaning of The Life. This approach leads up to potentially uncovering the significance of existence, rather than merely finding the meaning of one lifetime. Let us hope these reflections shall give you hints, assistance and insight into where the meaning of your life might lie.
