Book description
The unconsidered life is not worth living Socrates. Thinking about
life, what it means and what it holds in store does not have to be a
despondent experience, but rather can be enlightening and uplifting. A
life truly worth living is one that is informed and considered so a
degree of philosophical insight into the inevitabilities of the human
condition is inherently important and such an approach will help us to
deal with real personal dilemmas. This book is an accessible, lively and
thought-provoking series of linked commentaries, based on A. C.
Graylings The Last Word column in the Guardian. Its aim is not to
persuade readers to accept one particular philosophical point of view or
theory, but to help us consider the wonderful range of insights which
can be drawn from an immeasurably rich history of philosophical thought.
Concepts covered include courage, love, betrayal, ambition, cruelty,
wisdom, passion, beauty and death. This will be a wonderfully
stimulating read and act as an invaluable guide as to what is truly
important in living life, whether facing success, failure, justice,
wrong, love, loss or any of the other profound experience life throws
out. Anthony Grayling teaches philosophy at Birkbeck College, London
and is a Fellow of St Anne's, Oxford. He reviews regularly in the
Financial Times. He has a regular column in Prospect and The Times.
