The Meaning of Life: A Very Short Introduction

The Meaning of Life: A Very Short Introduction
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Publisher : OUP Oxford
Total Pages : 130
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ISBN-10 : 9780191579035
ISBN-13 : 0191579033
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Book Synopsis The Meaning of Life: A Very Short Introduction by : Terry Eagleton

Download or read book The Meaning of Life: A Very Short Introduction written by Terry Eagleton and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2008-04-24 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We have all wondered about the meaning of life. But is there an answer? And do we even really know what we're asking? Terry Eagleton takes a stimulating and quirky look at this most compelling of questions: at the answers explored in philosophy and literature; at the crisis of meaning in modern times; and suggests his own solution to how we might rediscover meaning in our lives.


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