The religious turn to their faith to find meaning. But what about the many people who lead secular lives and are also hungry for meaning? What guides, what approaches are available to them? Distinguished philosophers, Hubert Dreyfus and Sean Dorrance Kelly explain that a secular life charged with meaning is indeed within reach. It is achieved by a passionate, skillful engagement with the people, events, and wonders present in the most ordinary days-an approach to meaning that modern Western culture seems to have abandoned. Dreyfus and Kelly use some of the greatest works of the Western Can to trace the way we lost this passionate engagement to our surroundings and to show us how to get it back. Taking us on a journey from the wonder and openness of Homer's polytheistic world, to the motheism of Dante, to the nihilism of Kant, to the pantheism of Melville, and finally to the spiritual difficulties of the world evoked by modern authors such as David Foster Wallace and Elizabeth Gilbert, All Things Shining will change the way we understand our culture, our history, our sacred practices, and ourselves, and offer a new-and very old-way to celebrate a secular existence.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Highbridge Company
ISBN-10
1611744520
ISBN-13
9781611744521
eBay Product ID (ePID)
189791961
Additional Product Features
Running Time
510
Narrator(s)
David Drummond
Format
CD-Audio
Language
English
Author(s)
Hubert Dreyfus, SEAN Dorrance Kelly
Contained Items Statement
7 Audio Cds
Date of Publication
12/04/2011
Format Details
CD Standard Audio Format
Subject
History of Ideas & Popular Philosophy
Imprint
Highbridge Company
Country of Publication
United States
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