The Birth and Death of Meaning14 reviews Ernest Becker Free Press, 1971 a FIRST BOOK to read if you see the world as a "problem" + Open the Eye Behind the I... + The Most Coherent Ontology of Man, Yet devised + Riveting Insights + A profound exploration of the meaning of life             On the Meaning of Life (Thinking in Action)4 reviews John Cottingham Routledge, 2002 I liked it + One stab at "the meaning of it all"... I was surprised to find these negative reviews. Cottingham is indeed a secular humanist, however he sees belief in God as a good way to attain meaning, and supports this with several of his own ideas. This may not go over well with atheists and agnostics though, since, in his mind, that kind of ...             What's It All About?: Philosophy and the Meaning of Life13 reviews Julian Baggini Oxford University Press, USA, 2007 a superb collection of starting points + Not a bad shot, but not quite complete. Baggini has re-established here a meaningful relation between philosophy and everyday life. This is a relation philosophers lost a long time ago. This book presents a plurality of issues which concern every individual. It presents surface aspects that read easily and naturally. The good news ...             Meanings of Life3 reviews Roy F. Baumeister The Guilford Press, 1992 a psychological overview + Revealing and Thought Provoking This book is not an attempt to tell us what the "meanings of life" are, just what we think they are: it's psychology, not philosophy. An interesting aspect of the book is the explorations of ways that we sometimes find our "meanings" inadequate. Baumeister begins with a definition of meaning ...             Money and the Meaning of Life20 reviews Jacob Needleman Doubleday Business, 1994 Not just a book + a darn good book As a spiritual healer I have been recommending this book to clients for about ten years. The differences in their lives and their attitude to money have been simply amazing. Most of them have reported that they couldn't read this book quickly; their head would spin and they'd have to put the book ...             Against Happiness: In Praise of Melancholy24 reviews Eric G. Wilson Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2008 Existential Ruminations, Or, The Ironic Life + Happiness is a bust! It is really unfortunate that the Washington Post review is so prominent on the Amazon page. To be fair, it is a well-written review: it is precise and supported with the sort of concrete examples that demonstrate a close reading. On the other hand, it is so vituperative that one wonders why the ...             No Excuses: Existentialism and the Meaning of Life (Parts 1 & 2) Robert Solomon The Teaching Company, 1999 12 cassette tapes/24 lectures @ 1/2 hour each plus couse guide booklets. Camus, Sartre, Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Heidegger & more.             The Myth of Sisyphus: And Other Essays47 reviews Albert Camus Vintage, 1991 Definitely worth a try + Years ago + Not an easy but a worthwhile read + amazing             Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values528 reviews Robert M. Pirsig HarperTorch, 2006 Couldn't put it down. + Neat + About this book + A book about overcoming intellectualism and becoming whole             The Runner's Guide to the Meaning of Life8 reviews Amby Burfoot Skyhorse Publishing, 2007 Burfoot Delivers Again + Run and see it where it will take you + The Course Through Life + Run out and get this + I am giving the book as a birthday gift             The Death of God and the Meaning of Life2 reviews Julian Young Routledge, 2003 Very good + cliff notes on meaning of life - from popular phil. view This is a very good book, full of ideas and insights, and -- last but not least -- solid, thoughtful criticism of the various thinkers treated (after a short opening chapter on Plato, it's basically Hegel, Schopenhauer and Nietzsche through to Sartre, Heidegger, Foucault and Derrida). Young is a ...             Meaning Of Life Screenplay3 reviews Monty Python Methuen Publishing Ltd, 2002 Contains deleted scenes! + Pretty Good This is the companion book to Monty Python's most outrageous film. Great color photos illustrate the script, but the REAL reason to own this is that it is the only place you may ever get to read/see some sequences cut from the film. These are "The Adventures of Martin Luther," in which Jones ...             Monty Python's the Meaning of Life256 reviews Carol Cleveland, Matt Frewer Universal Studios Home Entertainment, 2005 Excellence! + if you like slap stick style humor + The Meaning of Laughter + The weakest of the Python films, but it's hardly unfunny             Man's Search for Meaning288 reviews Viktor E. Frankl Beacon Press, 2000 How to find happiness in a dismal situation + Fascinating; deeply moving... + Who has a why to live can bear any how... + Reality for today and yesterday + A fine, fine book!             On the Meaning of Life2 reviews Will Durant Promethean Press, 2005 Will Durant asks THE QUESTION. + WOW! A Jewel Pops Out of Amazon's Recommendation System Durant asked prominent people of his time "What is the meaning of life" The answers he received are in this tiny paperback. Anything Will and Ariel wrote are worth your time, and H.L. Mencken's reply is absolutely worth the pittance spent for this book.             Happiness: Classic and Contemporary Readings in Philosophy Oxford University Press, USA, 2007 Happiness has long been a focus of attention for philosophers as well as psychologists. This volume, the only collection devoted to the subject from the standpoint of philosophy, offers twenty-seven classic and contemporary readings exploring the nature of happiness. Part I, a survey of the ways happiness has been treated throughout the history of ethics, includes writings by Plato, Aristotle, ...             Self Expressions: Mind, Morals, and the Meaning of Life (Philosophy of Mind Series)2 reviews Owen Flanagan Oxford University Press, USA, 1998 Very good discussion; repetitive if you've real Flanagan! + Very good discussion; repetitive if you've real Flanagan! Flanagan is in the avant garde of a slowly growing branch in philosophy; those that use philosophy of mind to foray and forage into ethical theory. To me, the discilpine makes all too much sense. After all we have to have figured out (to some degree) who we are and how our selves are 'ourselves' ...             Life Is a Miracle: An Essay Against Modern Superstition25 reviews Wendell Berry Counterpoint, 2001 One beautiful essay + a rebuttal to rebuttals + Changing course Life is a Miracle is one beautiful essay on the folly and pretensions of scientism. If this is your kind of book, you'll get a good laugh reading the venomous review (number 17) by a Dr. Strickland. He calls himself "davexray", so we know how clever he is, but apparently this defender of the ...             The Meaning of Life: A Reader Oxford University Press, USA, 2007 Featuring nine new articles chosen by coeditor Steven M. Cahn, the third edition of E. D. Klemke's The Meaning of Life offers twenty-two insightful selections that explore this fascinating topic. The essays are primarily by philosophers but also include materials from literary figures and religious thinkers. As in previous editions, the readings are organized around three themes. In Part I the ...             The Good Life (Hackett Publishing Co.)1 review Hackett Publishing Company, 1999 Drinking from the fire-hose of wisdom What can you say after reading a book like "The Good Life"? To read through this collection of twenty-five essays by many of the greatest thinkers ever is to be awed and overwhelmed. There is so much wisdom here, and so many areas that could lead to more thought and investigation. This is a book ...