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3.09 AVERAGE
3.09 AVERAGE
'Six Myths about the Good Life' is a good solid philosophical overview and a compact distillation of what the classic philosophers offered for argument on the subject of values.
Myth One: Pursuing comfort and pleasure will lead to the best possible life.
Myth Two: The desirable life equals one that is most happy.
Myth Three: The good life requires reaching a good equilibrium, a point at which the important difficulties are resolved.
Myth Four: Reason rather than emotions would be the best indicator of what would be a good life.
Myth Five: There is no real connection, at least in this life, between true virtue and a desirable kind of life.
Myth Six: True virtue is impeccable.
Chapter Seven: How can we know what has value?
Generally, Joel Kupperman, professor of philosophy at the University of Connecticut, is organizing selected ideas from various published works by the Ancients (i.e., Plato, Socrates, Confucius, Aristotle, etc.) and more current philosophers for the general reader to contemplate. The result is a small book which nonetheless delivers much food for thought. I think in particular those who would welcome a brief refresh of ideas from college introductory 101 classes as well as those general readers who are interested in developing personal values of, well, value, would find this succinct book very rewarding.
Myth One: Pursuing comfort and pleasure will lead to the best possible life.
Myth Two: The desirable life equals one that is most happy.
Myth Three: The good life requires reaching a good equilibrium, a point at which the important difficulties are resolved.
Myth Four: Reason rather than emotions would be the best indicator of what would be a good life.
Myth Five: There is no real connection, at least in this life, between true virtue and a desirable kind of life.
Myth Six: True virtue is impeccable.
Chapter Seven: How can we know what has value?
Generally, Joel Kupperman, professor of philosophy at the University of Connecticut, is organizing selected ideas from various published works by the Ancients (i.e., Plato, Socrates, Confucius, Aristotle, etc.) and more current philosophers for the general reader to contemplate. The result is a small book which nonetheless delivers much food for thought. I think in particular those who would welcome a brief refresh of ideas from college introductory 101 classes as well as those general readers who are interested in developing personal values of, well, value, would find this succinct book very rewarding.
informative
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slow-paced