LEADER 03818nam 2200697Ia 450 001 9910818757403321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-262-26648-2 010 $a1-282-54183-8 010 $a9786612541834 010 $a0-262-25918-4 024 8 $a9786612541834 035 $a(CKB)2520000000006515 035 $a(EBL)3339103 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000336316 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12133341 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000336316 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10281861 035 $a(PQKB)11651355 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000130977 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3339103 035 $a(OCoLC)592756194$z(OCoLC)639461367$z(OCoLC)647844104$z(OCoLC)744553704$z(OCoLC)764530812$z(OCoLC)768693274$z(OCoLC)770848524$z(OCoLC)939263777$z(OCoLC)961487253$z(OCoLC)962621609 035 $a(OCoLC-P)592756194 035 $a(MaCbMITP)8431 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3339103 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10359387 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL254183 035 $a(OCoLC)939263777 035 $a(EXLCZ)992520000000006515 100 $a20090309d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe creation of value /$fIrving Singer 210 $aCambridge, MA $cMIT Press$d2010 215 $a1 online resource (187 p.) 225 1 $aMeaning in life ;$v1 225 1 $aThe Irving Singer library 300 $aOriginally published: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, c1996. With new pref. 311 $a0-262-51356-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContents ; Preface to the Irving Singer Library Edition; Preface to the Johns Hopkins Edition; Preface; Introduction: Our Human Predicament; The Meaning of Life; The Meaning of Death; The Creation of Meaning; Lives of Meaning and Significance; Conclusion: The Love of Life; Notes; Index 330 $aAn acclaimed philosopher views the search for meaning in life as the search for a mode of creativity that will make our lives meaningful.What is meaning in life? Does anything really matter? How can a life achieve lasting significance? How can we explain the human propensity to struggle for ideals? How is meaning related to contentment, happiness, joy? Is meaning something we discover, or do we create it? What is the nature of value, and what are its sources in human experience? Can there be a meaning in life without religious faith? What is the meaning of death? Is life worth living? What would enable us to have a love of life?"Meaning in life," writes philosopher Irving Singer, "and the meaning in our own lives, results from creative efforts on our part. It is not a prior reality awaiting our discovery. Though we talk about a 'search' for meaning, what we are seeking is primarily a mode of creativity that will make our lives meaningful." In The Creation of Value, the first volume of his Meaning in Life trilogy, Singer studies the nature of imagination, idealization, and love in the context of humanity's attempt to define itself through the pursuit of meanings and values that it creates. Singer confronts life's most troubling problems: the meaning of death, the presence of anxiety in daily existence, the conditions needed for us to have a life worth living, and the possibility of a love of life in others as well as in ourselves. 410 0$aIrving Singer Library 606 $aLife 606 $aMeaning (Philosophy) 606 $aValues 615 0$aLife. 615 0$aMeaning (Philosophy) 615 0$aValues. 676 $a128 700 $aSinger$b Irving$0551800 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910818757403321 996 $aThe creation of value$94122713 997 $aUNINA