Worldly Wisdom: Great Books and the Meanings of Life

Name: Worldly Wisdom: Great Books and the Meanings of Life
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hardcover – October 14, 2008

by James Sloan Allen

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ISBN-13: 9781929490356 ISBN-10: 1929490356

Publisher

Brand: Frederic C. Beil Publisher

Binding

hardcover

Published

October 14, 2008

Weight

2.5 lbs

Dimensions

24.10×4.40×16.50 cm

About this book

Worldly Wisdom: Great Books and the Meanings of Life by James Sloan Allen. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9781929490356.

The author engagingly explores some fifty classic works (mainly but not exclusively from the West) to elucidate their contents and draw out ideas valuable for understanding human life in this world and for living that life well. Worldly Wisdom has a distinctly humanistic slant, with a suggestion of a thinkers self-help book.