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How to Live a Good Life

A Guide to Choosing Your Personal Philosophy

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How to Live a Good Life

By: Massimo Pigliucci, Skye Cleary, Daniel Kaufman
Narrated by: Susan Denaker, Massimo Pigliucci, Skye Cleary, Daniel Kaufman
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About this listen

 A collection of essays by fifteen philosophers presenting a thoughtful, introductory guide to choosing a philosophy for living an examined and meaningful life.

Socrates famously said "the unexamined life is not worth living," but what does it mean to truly live philosophically?

This thought-provoking, wide-ranging collection brings together essays by fifteen leading philosophers reflecting on what it means to live according to a philosophy of life. From Eastern philosophies (Daoism, Confucianism, and Buddhism) and classical Western philosophies (such as Aristotelianism and Stoicism), to the four major religions, as well as contemporary philosophies (such as existentialism and effective altruism), each contributor offers a lively, personal account of how they find meaning in the practice of their chosen philosophical tradition.

Together, the pieces in How to Live a Good Life provide not only a beginner's guide to choosing a life philosophy but also a timely portrait of what it means to live an examined life in the twenty-first century.

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I'm on my 2nd listen. It's a wonderful book, beautifully narrated and with all of the content that appeals to the philosophical mind. Quite firmly added to my favourites.

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