Life worth living a guide to what matters most

"A guide to defining and then creating a flourishing life, based on the popular class at Yale What makes a good life? The question is inherent to the human condition, asked by people across generations, professions, and social classes, and addressed by all schools of philosophy and religions. T...

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Main Authors: Volf, Miroslav (Author), Croasmun, Matthew, 1979- (Author), McAnnally-Linz, Ryan (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : The Open Field/Penguin Life, [2023]
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: This book might wreck your life
  • Diving in. What's worth wanting? ; Where are we starting from?
  • The depths. Who do we answer to? ; How does a good life feel? ; What should we hope for? ; How should we live?
  • Bedrock. The recipe test ; The really big picture
  • Facing the limits. When we (inevitably) botch it ; When life hurts ; ...And there's no fixing it ; When it ends
  • Back to the surface. It turns out we have some work to do ; Change is hard ; Making it stick
  • Epilogue: What matters most.