On Purpose - Ten Lessons on the Meaning of Life

From each of the ten essays emerges a simple, punchy maxim (''Be the hero of your own life''; ''Question authority''; ''Change your mind''). Yet from these simple starting points wonderful, wise, and accessible essays unfold, taking the reader from Austen to Auden, Baudelaire to Brecht, to answer the question: what does literature teach us about what it means to be human? Ben Hutchinson extrapolates the universal truths that echo time and time again in literature, and offers a toolkit to his reader to reflect on and learn from the books they read and return to.

Product details

• Authors: Ben Hutchinson
• Publisher: Fourth Estate
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 14.09.2023
• EAN: 9780008588465
• ISBN: 978-0-00-858846-5
• Dimensions: 138 mm x 205 mm x 21 mm
• Subjects: Guides > Self-help, everyday life > Lifestyle, personal development; History of Ideas, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, PHILOSOPHY / Logic, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / General, Philosophy, PHILOSOPHY / Essays, REFERENCE / Personal & Practical Guides, Self-help & personal development, Ethics & moral philosophy, Ethics and moral philosophy, Literary essays, Philosophical traditions and schools of thought, Philosophy: logic, Practical advice: Life hacks / handy tips