Monday, January 31, 2011

All Things Shining: Reading the Western Classics to Find Meaning in a Secular Age by Hubert Dreyfus and Sean Dorrance Kelly

This book begins by positing that we have lost meaning in our secular age. It goes through the highlights of Western history (including Homer, Hegel, Kant, Aristotle, Plato, Dante, and Melville) to establish what we've lost. Finally the authors suggest that if we can reinvest our everyday actions with purpose, we can approach a secular form of meaning. Their argument isn't totally convincing to me, but I found the process of reading the book quite enjoyable, and the readings they offer thought provoking.

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