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by Terry Eagleton (Author) "Philosophers have an infuriating habit of analysing questions rather than answering them, and this is how I want to begin ..." (more)
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  • Hardcover: 200 pages
  • Publisher: OUP Oxford (22 Feb 2007)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0199210705
  • ISBN-13: 978-0199210701
  • Product Dimensions: 17.3 x 12.4 x 2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
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Guardian, 30.12.06
'Eagleton's new book, breezily entitled The Meaning of Life'

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A charming personal voyage round himself, I can only say it left me thoroughly surprised - and delighted. (Simon Jenkins, TLS Books of the Year )

wonders never cease. This is popular philosophy by an amateur in the best sense of the word, a man who clearly loves the stuff and writes plain English...[Eagleton] makes his case well and with a light touch. (Simon Jenkins, The Guardian (Review) )

It is a stimulating and often entertaining, if at times rather breathless, Cook's tour around the chief monuments of western philosophy and literature...The Meaning of Life is unusual and refreshing. (John Gray, The Independent )

The book's a little gem. (Suzanne Harrington, Irish Examiner (Cork) )

A lively starting point for late-night debate. (John Cornwell, Sunday Times )

Warm intellectual pleasure...meticulous treatment of the subject...It looks like Eagleton got it right. (Mario Pisani, The Financial Times )

His witty eclecticism is perfect for such a lofty subject (Leopold Froehlich, Playboy )

It dazzles...

The name Terry Eagleton...assures us of stimulation, style, sparkling, sometimes acerbic, wit, and wide-ranging erudition. In other words he is eminently readable...[a] commendably pocket-sized book. (Gordon Parsons, Morning Star )

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1.0 out of 5 stars A struggle, 16 April 2009
This review is from: The Meaning of Life: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions) (Paperback)
I tried my utmost to read this book till the end, but found my eyes would glaze over. I barely made it to the end and the experience was not pleasant.
Maybe it is the fault of trying to cram too many ideas into too small a book. These ideas lack a sufficient introduction/explanation and the experience was like attending a high level lecture in a subject I had no familiarity with. Disappointing as this was supposed to be an 'introduction'.
I didn't personally feel as if the author made much effort to clarify anything he was talking about and the text seemed to regularly bounce from subject to seemingly unrelated subject without any solid conclusion being produced.
Maybe I am being a bit harsh. If you are already well read in philosophy and the other subjects touched upon in the book, then this may well be a good summary.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A decent read, 25 Nov 2008
This review is from: The Meaning of Life: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions) (Paperback)
While written as an introduction to 'the meaning of life', this book also attempts to entertain with the odd candid remark and a whistle stop tour of great thinkers' views on the matter. Better still, the author ventures his own meaning of life rather than concluding that he has found the One True Answer.
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