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The Meaning of Life

Hardcover • 2007 • English

The Meaning of Life

By Terry Eagleton

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About the book

The phrase "the meaning of life" for many seems a quaint notion fit for satirical mauling by Monty Python or Douglas Adams. But in this spirited, stimulating, and quirky enquiry, famed critic Terry Eagleton takes a serious if often amusing look at the question and offers his own surprising answer. Eagleton first examines how centuries of thinkers and writers--from Marx and Schopenhauer to Shakespeare, Sartre, and Beckett--have responded to the ultimate question of meaning. He suggests, however, ...Show more

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9780199210701

Published year

2007

Language

English

Original title

The Meaning of Life

Format

Hardcover

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