As well as drawing fine-grained distinctions and ... And our lives are better for acknowledging that. Life is Hard: How Philosophy Can Help Us Find Our Way by Kieran Setiya, Cornerstone £16. ...

What was the point of life? How would ... One might wonder if all that philosophy was really necessary. Setiya has the whole history of thought at his disposal. Drawing on Heidegger, he could ...

Commenting on a poem by Uhland called “Count Eberhard’s Hawthorn” (that without any embellishment, drawing ... examined life” – then the answer to the question “what is philosophy?” ...

When your child asks a deep question like “What’s the meaning of life ... in philosophy, start a conversation with them about the concepts they’re encountering. If they’re drawing ...

“In theory, there is nothing to restrain us from drawing the consequences of ... The ancient Greeks believed that a philosophy of life is critical for human flourishing. Without a guiding ...