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001			9781315447247
008			180706s2017 enk ob 001 0 eng d
020			_a9781315447230 (e-book: PDF) _q(e-book : PDF)
020			_a9781315447216 _q(e-book: Mobi)
020			_z9781138213906 _q(hardback)
024	7		_a10.4324/9781315447247 _2doi
035			_a(OCoLC)1004174613
040			_aFlBoTFG _cFlBoTFG _erda
050		4	_aB491.E7 _bB54 2017
082	0	4	_a171.3 _bB587
100	1		_aBielskis, Andrius, _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aExistence, meaning, excellence : _bAristotelian reflections on the meaning of life / _cAndrius Bielskis.
264		1	_aLondon : _bRoutledge, _c2017.
300			_a1 online resource (131 pages)
336			_atext _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _2rdacarrier
490	0		_aClassical and Contemporary Social Theory
505	0		_achapter 1 European modernity in the light of the history of the entropy of meaning: a philosophical analysis -- chapter 2 A philosophical critique of existentialism -- chapter 3 A revival of Aristotelian practical philosophy: the case of Alasdair MacIntyre – practice, unity of life, and tradition -- chapter 4 Existence, meaning, excellence -- chapter 5 Art as a structure of meaning.
520			_a"This book addresses the perennial question of the meaning of life from the point of view of a novel interpretation of Aristotle's teleology. Beginning with the premise that at the core of modernity and modern moral imagination are the entropy of meaning and the sense of meaninglessness, the author critically engages with the work of the post-war existentialists, chiefly that of Albert Camus and Martin Heidegger, to argue that their analyses are unconvincing and that the question of the meaning of being should therefore be approached using different assumptions, based on the notion of flourishing life. From this Aristotelian outlook, Existence, Meaning, Excellence employs Alasdair MacIntyre's critique of modernity, together with his conceptions of practice and the narrative unity of life and tradition to provide a novel philosophical account of existence, meaning and excellence - an account which is used to contribute to debates (between Kantian and Nietzschean perspectives) on the nature of art and genius, with Mozart's genius being used by way of illustration.A fascinating and powerfully argued engagement with existentialist thought that draws on the 'virtue' tradition to explore questions of meaning, as well as wider questions within philosophy, this book will appeal to philosophers and social theorists with interests in existentialism, moral philosophy and accounts of the good based on the notions of human flourishing."--Provided by publisher.
600	0	0	_aAristotle _xEthics.
650		0	_aEthics, Ancient.
650		0	_aConduct of life.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9781138213906 _w(DLC) 2017446689
856	4	0	_uhttps://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781315447230 _zClick here to view.
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