Ebook: A significant life: human meaning in a silent universe

A meaningful life? -- Is happiness enough? -- Narrative values -- Meaningful lives, good lives, beautiful lives -- Justifying ourselves to ourselves -- Conclusion: not everything, but something.;What makes for a good life, or a beautiful one, or, perhaps most important, a meaningful one? Throughout history most of us have looked to our faith, our relationships, or our deeds for the answer. But in A Significant Life, philosopher Todd May offers an exhilarating new way of thinking about these questions, one deeply attuned to life as it actually is: a work in progress, a journey -- and often a narrative. Offering moving accounts of his own life and memories alongside rich engagements with philosophers from Aristotle to Heidegger, he shows us where to find the significance of our lives: in the way we live them. -- Provided by publisher.