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All Things Shining : Reading the Western Classics to Find Meaning in a Secular Age - Hubert Dreyfus

All Things Shining

Reading the Western Classics to Find Meaning in a Secular Age

By: Hubert Dreyfus, Sean Dorrance Kelly

Paperback | 9 August 2011

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An inspirational book that is "a smart, sweeping run through the history of Western philosophy. Important for the way it illuminates life today and for the controversial advice it offers on how to live" (The New York Times).

"What constitutes human excellence?" and "What is the best way to live a life?" These are questions that human beings have been asking since the beginning of time. In their critically acclaimed book, All Things Shining, Hubert Dreyfus and Sean Dorrance Kelly argue that our search for meaning was once fulfilled by our responsiveness to forces greater than ourselves, whether one God or many. These forces drew us in and imbued the ordinary moments of life with wonder and gratitude. Dreyfus and Kelly argue in this thought-provoking work that as we began to rely on the power of our own independent will we lost our skill for encountering the sacred.

Through their original and transformative discussion of some of the greatest works of Western literature, from Homer's Odyssey to Melville's Moby Dick, Dreyfus and Kelly reveal how we have lost our passionate engagement with the things that gave our lives purpose, and show how, by reading our culture's classics anew, we can once again be drawn into intense involvement with the wonder and beauty of the world.

Well on its way to becoming a classic itself, this inspirational book will change the way we understand our culture, our history, our sacred practices, and ourselves.
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"Offers a meditation on the meaning of life, in a sharp, engaging style ..." New York Times Book Review "[A]n inspirational book but a highly intelligent and impassioned one.... compelling." -The Wall Street Journal

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