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How should I live my life? This is the eternal question posed by the great philosophers throughout the ages, challenging us to examine the values we hold dear and the kind of people we strive to be.
It is a question that A.C. Grayling grapples with in his compelling new book, Philosophy and Life. In doing so he attempts to better understand some of the great human mysteries such as love, happiness and death, and whether exploring them can make a real difference to our attitudes and choices.
Join one of the greatest contemporary thinkers of our age as he makes a welcome return to the festival to discuss what philosophy can teach us about life and explores its value in helping us understand the universe and our place within it.
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About the Speaker
A. C. Grayling
A. C. Grayling CBE MA DPhil (Oxon) FRSA FRSL is the Founder and Principal of New College of the Humanities at Northeastern University, and its Professor of Philosophy. He is also a Supernumerary Fellow of St Anne’s College, Oxford. He is the author of over thirty books of philosophy, biography, history of ideas, and essays. He was for a number of years a columnist on the Guardian, the Times, and Prospect magazine. He has twice been a judge on the Booker Prize, in 2014 serving as the Chair of the judging panel. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, a Vice President of Humanists UK, Patron of the Defence Humanists, Honorary Associate of the Secular Society, and a Patron of Dignity in Dying.
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