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All Things Shining
Dreyfus, Hubert L.; Kelly, Sean Dorrance
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A sense of certainty and unhesitating confidence is rare in the contemporary world. An unrelenting flow of choices confronts us at nearly every moment of our lives, and if we are honest about it then most of us will admit that we waver in the face of them.
Dreyfus and Kelly examine some of the greatest books in the Western Canon to explain that the burden of choice is essentially a modern problem to which there is an age old solution. Dreyfus and Kelly explain the huge jump from Homer's polytheistic world to the monotheistic one in which ... Read more
A sense of certainty and unhesitating confidence is rare in the contemporary world. An unrelenting flow of choices confronts us at nearly every moment of our lives, and if we are honest about it then most of us will admit that we waver in the face of them.
Dreyfus and Kelly examine some of the greatest books in the Western Canon to explain that the burden of choice is essentially a modern problem to which there is an age old solution. Dreyfus and Kelly explain the huge jump from Homer's polytheistic world to the monotheistic one in which ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Simon & Schuster United States
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9781416596165
SKU
V9781416596165
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About Dreyfus, Hubert L.; Kelly, Sean Dorrance
Hubert Dreyfus is a leading interpreter of existential philosophy. He has taught at UC Berkeley for more than 40 years. Sean Dorrance Kelly is Professor of Philosophy and Chair of the Department of Philosophy at Harvard University. He is also Co-Chair of Harvard’s interdisciplinary committee for the study of Mind, Brain, and Behavior. Before arriving at Harvard, Kelly taught at ... Read more
Reviews for All Things Shining
“[A]n inspirational book but a highly intelligent and impassioned one.… compelling.” —The Wall Street Journal “Offers a meditation on the meaning of life, in a sharp, engaging style …” New York Times Book Review