What Is the Good Life? by Luc Ferry
Has inquiry into the meaning of life become outmoded in a universe where the other-worldiness of religion no longer speaks to us as it once did, or, as Nietzsche proposed, where we are now the creators of our own value? Has the ancient question of the good life disappeared, another victim of the technological world? For Luc Ferry, the answer to both is a resounding no. In What Is the Good Life? Ferry argues that the question of the meaning of life, on which much philosophical debate throughout the centuries rested, has not vanished, but rather is posed differently today. Ferry points out the pressures in our secularized world that tend to reduce the idea of a successful life or good life to one of wealth, career satisfaction, and prestige. Without deserting the secular presuppositions of our world, he shows that we can give ourselves this richer sense of life's possibilities. The good life consists of harmonizing life's different forces in a way that enables one to achieve a sense of personal satisfaction in the realization of one's creative abilities. Beautifully and engagingly written, What Is the Good Life? provides new insight and wisdom into one of life's most enduring philosophical questions. A major publishing event upon its publication in France, this elegant translation will reignite passionate dialogue about the meaning of life among readers in English as well.Luc Ferry is a former French Minister of Youth, National Education, and Research who has taught at the Sorbonne and the University of Caen. He being the author or coauthor of eight prior publications from the University of Chicago Press, the most recent of which is The New Ecological Order.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780226101385 |
| ISBN 10 | 022610138X |
| Title | What Is the Good Life? |
| Author | Luc Ferry |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | The University of Chicago Press |
| Year published | 2013-10-17 |
| Number of pages | 330 |
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