Fundamental conditions of human existence as the ground of life's meaning: reply to Landau

Taking the good (generosity), the true (enquiry), and the beautiful (creativity) as exemplars of what can make a life noticeably meaningful, elsewhere I have advanced a principle that entails and plausibly explains all three. Specifically, I have proffered the view that great meaning in life, at lea...

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Main Author: Metz, Thaddeus (Author)
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Published: Cambridge Univ. Press [2015]
In: Religious studies
Year: 2015, Volume: 51, Issue: 1, Pages: 111-123
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Human being / Existence / Meaning
IxTheo Classification:AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism
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