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The Meaning of Life: A Very Short Introduction

Paperback • 2008 • English

The Meaning of Life: A Very Short Introduction

By Terry Eagleton

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About the book

'Philosophers have an infuriating habit of analysing questions rather than answering them', writes Terry Eagleton, who, in these pages, asks the most important question any of us ever ask, and attempts to answer it. So what is the meaning of life? In this witty, spirited, and stimulating inquiry, Eagleton shows how centuries of thinkers - from Shakespeare and Schopenhauer to Marx, Sartre and Beckett - have tackled the question. Refusing to settle for the bland and boring, Eagleton reveals with a...Show more

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9780199532179

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Published year

2008

Language

English

Original title

The Meaning of Life: A Very Short Introduction

Format

Paperback

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