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A Good Life
Mark Rowlands
其他書名
Philosophy from Cradle to Grave
出版Granta Books, 2015-11-05
主題Philosophy / Ethics & Moral PhilosophyPhilosophy / Good & Evil
ISBN18470895189781847089519
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=vp7yDwAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋Framed by the story of a son finding his late father’s journal, a meditation on love, meaning, and morality by the author of The Philosopher and the Wolf.
 
Myshkin was born on a certain day and died on a certain day—and some things happened to him in between. These things presented him with ethical questions, and this book is a record of his attempt to answer those questions.
 
Discovered in 2054 by his son after Myshkin's death in the Florida Keys, A Good Life is one man's reckoning with the life he has led and the choices he made. It is at once a philosophical handbook for living and a page-turning narrative, following one man's life (birth, death, education, religion, morality, illness, and so on) told through a philosophical lens. It is a riveting examination of the ethical questions we face, and the decisions we must make, and a defense of the idea that at the beating heart of morality we find love.

Sometimes profoundly funny, sometimes deeply serious, A Good Life is as readable as a novel and as provocative as the best philosophy. It is the finest work to date by a charming and brilliant thinker.
 
“A lovely writer, funny and moving.”—Observer