Description
The Meaning of Life and the Great Philosophers reveals how great philosophers of the past sought to answer the question of the meaning of life. This edited collection includes thirty-five chapters which each focus on a major philosophical figure, from Confucius to Rorty, and that imaginatively engage with the topic from their perspective. This volume also contains a Postscript on the historical origins and original significance of the phrase ‘the meaning of life’.
Written by leading experts in the field, such as A.C. Grayling, Thaddeus Metz and John Cottingham, this unique and engaging book explores the relevance of the history of philosophy to contemporary debates. It will prove essential reading for students and scholars studying the history of philosophy, philosophy of religion, ethics, metaphysics or comparative philosophy.
Table of Contents
Contents
Notes on Contributors
Preface
- Confucius
- The Buddha
- Vyāsa
- Socrates
- Plato
- Diogenes
- Zhuangzi
- Aristotle
- Epicurus
- Koheleth
- Epictetus
- Sextus Empiricus
- Avicenna
- Maimonides
- Aquinas
- Montaigne
- Descartes
- Spinoza
- Kant
- Schopenhauer
- Kierkegaard
- Marx
- Mill
- Nietzsche
- Ortega
- Wittgenstein
- Heidegger
- Sartre
- Beauvoir
- Weil
- Ayer
- Camus
- Murdoch
- Fanon
- Rorty
Joshua Seachris and Richard Kim
Mark Siderits
Arindam Chakrabarti
A.C. Grayling
David Skrbina
Will Desmond
David E. Cooper
Monte Ransome Johnson
Catherine Wilson
Thaddeus Metz
A.A. Long
Svavar Hrafn Svavarsson
Nader El-Bizri
Alfred L. Ivry
Edward Feser
Stephen Leach
John Cottingham
Genevieve Lloyd
Terry F. Godlove
Robert Wicks
Mark Bernier
Amy E. Wendling
Frans Svensson
Raymond Angelo Belliotti
Pedro Blas González
Reza Hosseini
Wendell O’Brien
Joseph S. Catalano
Jonathan Webber
Lissa McCullough
James Tartaglia
William McBride
Bridget Clarke
Samuel Imbo
Alan Malachowski
Postscript: The Blue Flower
Bibliography
Index
