The Quest for Meaning explores the deep-seated human need to create a life that is meaningful. In an effort to understand this need, author William Cooney examines the works of philosophers from Plato to Sartre as well as the insights of artists, poets, writers, psychologists, and film-makers. He discusses the nature of humanness, creation, freedom, and choice, all of which are facets of a meaningful life. Cooney also addresses postmodernism, arguing that it does not offer real guidance for those seeking a life of significance. Maintaining that some ways of creating meaning are preferable to…mehr
The Quest for Meaning explores the deep-seated human need to create a life that is meaningful. In an effort to understand this need, author William Cooney examines the works of philosophers from Plato to Sartre as well as the insights of artists, poets, writers, psychologists, and film-makers. He discusses the nature of humanness, creation, freedom, and choice, all of which are facets of a meaningful life. Cooney also addresses postmodernism, arguing that it does not offer real guidance for those seeking a life of significance. Maintaining that some ways of creating meaning are preferable to others, he concludes that it is up to each individual to craft a meaningful life and that this process must take place within a context of giving and receiving.
chapter 1 Introduction: The Philosophical Attitude and The Gift of Existence chapter 2 The Nature, Tasks, and Branches of Philosophy chapter 3 Plato: Philosophy and the Arts, and the Need for Control chapter 4 Aristotle: The Arts and the Human Person chapter 5 From Augustine and Aquinas to Leonardo and Michelangelo: Coming out of the Aesthetic Dark Ages chapter 6 Rousseau and the Romantics: The Role of Feeling in the Arts chapter 7 Kierkegaard and Nietzche: The Art of Creating the Individual chapter 8 Marcel and Sartre: On the Nature of Creation, Human and Divine chapter 9 The Challenge of Postmodernism chapter 10 Mozart and Beethoven: Two Faces of Creative Genius chapter 11 Emily Dickinson: A Poetic Genius Looks at Death chapter 12 Vincent Van Gogh: Risking My Life for My Art chapter 13 Oscar Wilde: The Picture of Dorian Gray chapter 14 Frank Lloyd Wright: Creative Force of Nature chapter 15 Carl Jung: On Psychology and Art chapter 16 Conclusion: The Quest for Meaning as an End-in-Itself
chapter 1 Introduction: The Philosophical Attitude and The Gift of Existence chapter 2 The Nature, Tasks, and Branches of Philosophy chapter 3 Plato: Philosophy and the Arts, and the Need for Control chapter 4 Aristotle: The Arts and the Human Person chapter 5 From Augustine and Aquinas to Leonardo and Michelangelo: Coming out of the Aesthetic Dark Ages chapter 6 Rousseau and the Romantics: The Role of Feeling in the Arts chapter 7 Kierkegaard and Nietzche: The Art of Creating the Individual chapter 8 Marcel and Sartre: On the Nature of Creation, Human and Divine chapter 9 The Challenge of Postmodernism chapter 10 Mozart and Beethoven: Two Faces of Creative Genius chapter 11 Emily Dickinson: A Poetic Genius Looks at Death chapter 12 Vincent Van Gogh: Risking My Life for My Art chapter 13 Oscar Wilde: The Picture of Dorian Gray chapter 14 Frank Lloyd Wright: Creative Force of Nature chapter 15 Carl Jung: On Psychology and Art chapter 16 Conclusion: The Quest for Meaning as an End-in-Itself
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