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Ferry offers for consideration the philosophical question of the good life, how it was treated in the past, and how it could be in modern times. This title is not a fast read, but it is a clear one. The book is expertly translated from French in a simple yet stylish manner. This complex subject is presented in accessible language that is reader friendly, generally free of jargon and easily manageable. Ferry uses a classic philosophical style with carefully constructed questions and allegorical folk tales to illustrate many points. The author scaffolds the thinking of past philosophers as he traces his questions from ancient to modern times. Although primarily a book of philosophy, Ferry also directs readers in discussions of Christian agape and salvation in consideration of his thesis question of the good life.
Has inquiry into the meaning of life become outmoded in a universe where the other-worldiness of religion no longer speaks to us as it once did, or, as Nietzsche proposed, where we are now the creators of our own value? Has the ancient question of the "good life" disappeared, another victim of the technological world? For Luc Ferry, the answer to both questions is a resounding no. In What Is the Good Life? Ferry argues that the question of the meaning of life, on which much philosophical debate throughout the centuries has rested, has not vanished, but at the very least the question is posed differently today. Ferry points out the pressures in our secularized world that tend to reduce the idea of a successful life or "good life" to one of wealth, career satisfaction, and prestige. Without deserting the secular presuppositions of our world, he shows that we can give ourselves a richer sense of life's possibilities. The "good life" consists of harmonizing life's different forces in a way that enables one to achieve a sense of personal satisfaction in the realization of one's creative abilities. Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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