Author

Publication

2006-06-12 - University of Missouri Press

Language

English

Word Count

84,250 words, Guess

Page Count

337 pages

Physical Format

Hardcover

Identifiers

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Classifications

  • LCCBD431 .L8613 2006

Description

"Critical philosophical investigation of the question: What is the meaning of life? Discusses views prominent in analytic philosophy, phenomenology, and existentialism, drawing especially on the thought of Tolstoy, Wittgenstein, Sartre, and Camus and exploring in depth the insights these thinkers offer regarding their own difficulties concerning the meaning of life"--Provided by publisher.

First Sentence

LEV NIKOLAVEVICH TOLSTOY, the renowned Russian writer, relates that in mid-life, at the height of his literacy success, he came to the realization that life has on meaning.

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