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The A.V. Club discussed The Partially Examined Life in their publication for the week of February 23–29. [7] The National Catholic Reporter mentioned The Partially Examined Life in a blog post on Kierkegaard on February 27, 2012. [8] Bad Philosophy Podcast episode 116 mentions The Partially Examined Life. [9]
The Examined Life is a 1989 collection of philosophical meditations by the philosopher Robert Nozick. [1] The book drew a number of critical reactions. The work is drawn partially as a response to Socrates assertion in Plato's "The Apology of Socrates" that the unexamined life is one not worth living [2] [3]
In 1889, Gopčević published an ethnographic study titled Old Serbia and Macedonia that was a Serbian nationalist book on Kosovo and Macedonia and contained a pro-Serbian ethnographic map of Macedonia. [3] [4] Gopčević's biographer argues that he did not actually go to Kosovo and the study is not based on authentic experiences. [4]
The Examined Life (1989), aimed towards a more general audience, explores themes of love, the impact of death, questions of faith, the nature of reality, and the meaning of life. The book takes its name from the quote by Socrates, that "the unexamined life is not worth living".
Czyz is the author of a short story collection, two novels, and a collection of essays.His short stories and essays have appeared in journals, magazines, and several anthologies, including, the New England Review, Shenandoah, AGNI, [8] The Massachusetts Review, Georgetown Review, Tin House, [9] The Arts Fuse, Tampa Review, Boston Review, [10] Copper Nickel, Southern Indiana Review, Skidrow ...
The book was serialised as Book of the Week on BBC Radio 4 in January 2012, and spent 10 weeks on the Sunday Times non-fiction bestseller list. It has been translated into Dutch, Italian, German, Portuguese and Korean, and will be published in a further 14 languages including Spanish, Chinese and Hebrew. [ 1 ]
The book also contains a foreword by former Prime Minister of India Manmohan Singh. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] An Examined Life was launched in India by HarperCollins on May 20, 2019, at Imperial Hotel, New Delhi [ 5 ] and speaking at the launch of the book, Dr Manmohan Singh said “His life is a great debt on us, and will long remain a great example for the ...
Biddle and his wife Birthe Kjølbye-Biddle examined Jerusalem's Church of the Holy Sepulchre to explore the long-rumoured site of the tomb where Jesus was brought after his crucifixion. This meticulous study set out to define what is known about the tomb and the Aedicule , the little shrine that has covered the tomb since the early fourth century.