Every Time I Find the Meaning of Life, They Change It: Wisdom of the Great Philosophers on How To Live

The preeminent and perennial pursuit of the human heart and mind is the question of the meaning of it all. What is the meaning of life? Klein (Plato and a Platypus Walk into a Bar) takes up this compulsive quest with a healthy dose of wit. While studying in college, Klein copied into a notebook many of the philosophical gems he discovered in the works of the great thinkers. Now in later age he has returned to this notebook of insights with an eye to assessing what among this collection still rings with truth. The pattern is straightforward: a thought-provoking quote is followed by analysis filled with charm and wisdom. This is popular philosophy at its best, conversational in style and grounded by the evidence of life's experiences. The book is narrated by James Jenner, whose voice is well matched to the theme of the wise man taking account of what he had learned in his youth. Rare is the philosophy book that treats in combination both the great philosophers of the past and the latest discoveries in science and psychology—and all presented in accessible language.