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The Deepest Human Life: An Introduction to Philosophy for Everyone
The Deepest Human Life: An Introduction to Philosophy for Everyone
The Deepest Human Life: An Introduction to Philosophy for Everyone
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This accessible and thought-provoking introduction to philosophy shows how the eternal questions can shed light on our lives and struggles.

These days, we generally leave philosophical matters to professional philosophers. Scott Samuelson thinks this is tragic, for our lives as well as for philosophy. In The Deepest Human Life, he restores philosophy to its proper place at the center of our humanity, rediscovering it as our most profound effort toward understanding, as a way of life that anyone can live. Exploring the works of some of history’s most important thinkers in the context of the everyday struggles of his students, Samuelson guides readers through the most vexing quandaries of existence—and shows just how enriching the examined life can be.

Samuelson begins at the beginning: with Socrates, and the method he developed for approaching our greatest mysteries. From there he embarks on a journey through the history of philosophy, demonstrating how it is encoded in our own personal quests for meaning. Through heartbreaking stories, humanizing biographies, accessible theory, and evocative interludes like “On Wine and Bicycles” or “On Zombies and Superheroes,” Samuelson invests philosophy with the personal and vice versa. The result is a book that is at once a primer and a reassurance—that the most important questions endure, coming to life in each of us.

Winner of the 2015 Hiett Prize in the Humanities
LanguageEnglish
Release dateApr 3, 2014
ISBN9780226130415
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    Some nice story telling about philosophers, but there is little philosophy in it. It is also misleading because it is not an 'introduction to philosophy' whatsoever. It's a nice personal reflection by somebody who has read a lot of philosophy and general humanities - a reflection that shows a personal disposition for the 'mystical'. But it's hardly philosophy.

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