Book description
In "The Search for Meaning: A Short History", Dennis Ford explores eight approaches human beings have pursued over time to invest life with meaning and to infuse order into a seemingly chaotic universe. These include myth, philosophy, science, postmodernism, pragmatism, archetypal psychology, metaphysics, and naturalism. In engaging, companionable prose, Ford…
Why read it?
1 author picked The Search for Meaning as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
We strive for meaning in our lives. Ford neatly inquires into the different ways we as humanity have developed to achieve this.
He probes into these different "thinking systems," not only asking what is important to them and how they work, but also looking into what they ignore.
This is not only very insightful, I feel it has made me a much more flexible thinker.
From Kees' list on transforming your thinking.
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