Life Is Short: An Appropriately Brief Guide to Making It More Meaningful - Paperback
by Dean Rickles
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Princeton University PressISBN-13:9780691240619ISBN-10:691240612UPC:9780691240619Book Category:Philosophy, Self-HelpBook Subcategory:Ethics & Moral Philosophy, Mind & Body, Self-ManagementBook Topic:Time ManagementSize:8.00 x 5.25 x 0.34 inchesWeight:0.2998Product ID:SC6NPXYY0P
Life Is Short: An Appropriately Brief Guide to Making It More Meaningful
Why life's shortness--more than anything else--is what makes it meaningful
Death might seem to render pointless all our attempts to create a meaningful life. Doesn't meaning require transcending death through an afterlife or in some other way? On the contrary, Dean Rickles argues, life without death would be like playing tennis without a net. Only constraints--and death is the ultimate...Language:EnglishPublisher:Princeton University PressISBN-13:9780691240619ISBN-10:691240612UPC:9780691240619Book Category:Philosophy, Self-HelpBook Subcategory:Ethics & Moral Philosophy, Mind & Body, Self-ManagementBook Topic:Time ManagementSize:8.00 x 5.25 x 0.34 inchesWeight:0.2998Product ID:SC6NPXYY0P
Dean Rickles is professor of history and philosophy of modern physics at the University of Sydney, Australia, where he is also a director of the Sydney Centre for Time. His many books include Covered with Deep Mist: The Development of Quantum Gravity and A Brief History of String Theory.
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