Every Time I Find the Meaning of Life, They Change It: Wisdom of the Great Philosophers on How to Live by Daniel KleinMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
If you have even a passing interest in philosophy then Daniel Klein is a good place to start with this warm, winsome book of eclectic musings. Klein continues to discuss “the meaning of life” and revisits the answers he sought from his readings as a Harvard undergraduate and later as a graduate student in philosophy, jotting down salient quotations in a notebook he called “Pithies.” Among his many sources of inspiration are Pascal and Epicurus, David Hume and John Stuart Mill, William James and Albert Camus. Last year I thoroughly enjoyed Klein’s humorous and philosophical trip through life in his ‘Travels with Epicurus’. With this latest book he provides a fascinating spin to the ideas of the great philosophers and more importantly, made them relevant - even necessary - for the dilemmas and possibilities of everyday living today.
“Every Time...” made me think and I found myself revisiting tracts of this book to better understand their meaning. I feel better for having read it.
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