Ultimate Questions (ebook)

Argumento de Ultimate Questions (ebook)

"[Bryan Magee] writes with grace and offers a thoughtful summation of human experience."--Library Journal

"[Magee] writes with relaxed fluency."--Rowan Williams, New Statesman

"Magee’s writing always makes very easy reading."--Anthony Kenny, Standpoint

"Magee is refreshingly comfortable acknowledging the uncanniness of human experience, including the aesthetic as well as the ethical. . . . His case for acknowledging the extent of what we do not know is a useful corrective to ‘jolly hockey sticks’ humanism as well as religious dogma."--Dolan Cummings, Spiked

"Living and dying in a world we accept we do not understand may not sound easy, but if Magee is any guide, the reward of doing so is endless and profound wonder."--Julian Baggini, The Independent

"In this fluently written and beautifully clear book, Bryan Magee offers a series of reflections on the human condition, based on a lifetime's study of the central questions of philosophy. Ultimate Questions is a personal testament, one that reflects a yearning for answers coupled with an honest, and indeed humble, admission that such answers cannot be reached."--John Cottingham, author of Philosophy of Religion: Towards a More Humane Approach

"Thought-provoking and well-written, Ultimate Questions provides an elegant and candid summary of where Magee stands on these deep philosophical questions."--Nigel Warburton, author of A Little History of Philosophy01 Time and Space 1
2 Finding Our Bearings 17
3 The Human Predicament 33
4 Can Experience Be Understood? 59
5 Where Such Ideas Come From 69
6 Personal Reflections 87
7 Our Predicament Summarized 105
Index 129