The Best Things in Life: A Guide to What Really Matters: Philosophy in Action
Autor Thomas Hurkaen Limba Engleză Paperback – 14 mai 2015
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780190228316
ISBN-10: 0190228318
Pagini: 208
Dimensiuni: 167 x 150 x 13 mm
Greutate: 0.25 kg
Editura: Oxford University Press
Colecția OUP USA
Seria Philosophy in Action
Locul publicării:New York, United States
ISBN-10: 0190228318
Pagini: 208
Dimensiuni: 167 x 150 x 13 mm
Greutate: 0.25 kg
Editura: Oxford University Press
Colecția OUP USA
Seria Philosophy in Action
Locul publicării:New York, United States
Recenzii
this book makes you work, be self-reflective, and actually do philosophy. It helps you hone these important life skills. Thomas Hurka presents dense philosophical themes with clear diction and offers interesting examples that are not bogged down with technical jargon or require specialized knowledge. Overall, this text is a welcomed addition to the scholarship and practice of teaching contemplation-in-action, and I recommend it with enthusiasm.
[Hurka] writes in a clear adn straightforward way and offers much wisdom
The book is filled with common sense and practical wisdom. As a practical 'guide to what really matters' for general readers and philosophers alike, it is a worthy modern representative of a tradition of ethical writing that goes back to Aristotle's own guide to what really matters, written for his son Nicoachus. From my point of view, that is high praise indeed.
A stimulating read and a great way to get you focused on the right things...
Thomas Hurka's The Best Things in Life is that rare thing: a philosophical work written with such simplicity and verve that it will engage beginning students, but with enough subtlety and sophistication that it will also reward careful study by specialists. An important contribution to ethics.
this highly readable philosophical book takes the reader on an intellectual journey to explore various forms of the good life and what they mean ... This well-written book helps us reflect on the choices we are making and their implications for a good life.
Most of us know the main sorts of things that can make a life worth living: happiness and pleasure, friendship and love, accomplishment, knowledge, and virtue. But few of us could probably say very much about just what these things really are, and what, exactly, makes them so valuable. That's where Tom Hurka comes in. The Best Things in Life provides an original and fascinating philosophical guide to some of life's most important questions. For the most part, of course, it's not exactly a practical guide-it won't tell you how to find love, or how to be virtuous or successful. But it will give you a far better sense of what you should be looking for, and why.
Thomas Hurka's The Best Things in Life strikes the uncommon balance of being engaging to those new to philosophy, and being enriching and rewarding to professionals. .... The book is indeed a total success in this respect
[Hurka] writes in a clear adn straightforward way and offers much wisdom
The book is filled with common sense and practical wisdom. As a practical 'guide to what really matters' for general readers and philosophers alike, it is a worthy modern representative of a tradition of ethical writing that goes back to Aristotle's own guide to what really matters, written for his son Nicoachus. From my point of view, that is high praise indeed.
A stimulating read and a great way to get you focused on the right things...
Thomas Hurka's The Best Things in Life is that rare thing: a philosophical work written with such simplicity and verve that it will engage beginning students, but with enough subtlety and sophistication that it will also reward careful study by specialists. An important contribution to ethics.
this highly readable philosophical book takes the reader on an intellectual journey to explore various forms of the good life and what they mean ... This well-written book helps us reflect on the choices we are making and their implications for a good life.
Most of us know the main sorts of things that can make a life worth living: happiness and pleasure, friendship and love, accomplishment, knowledge, and virtue. But few of us could probably say very much about just what these things really are, and what, exactly, makes them so valuable. That's where Tom Hurka comes in. The Best Things in Life provides an original and fascinating philosophical guide to some of life's most important questions. For the most part, of course, it's not exactly a practical guide-it won't tell you how to find love, or how to be virtuous or successful. But it will give you a far better sense of what you should be looking for, and why.
Thomas Hurka's The Best Things in Life strikes the uncommon balance of being engaging to those new to philosophy, and being enriching and rewarding to professionals. .... The book is indeed a total success in this respect
Notă biografică
Thomas Hurka is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Toronto and the author of Drawing Morals; Virtue, Vice, and Value; Principles: Short Essays on Ethics; and Perfectionism.