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Winner of the 2015 Hiett Prize in the Humanities.�
Sometimes it seems like you need a PhD just to open a book of philosophy. We leave philosophical matters to the philosophers in the same way that we leave science to scientists. Scott Samuelson thinks this is tragic, for our lives as well as for philosophy. In The Deepest Human Life he takes philosophy back from the specialists and restores it to its proper place at the center of our humanity, rediscovering it as our most profound effort toward understanding, as a way of life that anyone can live. Exploring the works of some of history’s most important thinkers in the context of the everyday struggles of his students, he guides us through the most vexing quandaries of our existence—and shows just how enriching the examined life can be.�����������
Samuelson begins at the beginning: with Socrates, working his most famous assertion—that wisdom is knowing that one knows nothing—into a method, a way of approaching our greatest mysteries. From there he springboards into a rich history of philosophy and the ways its journey is encoded in our own quests for meaning. He ruminates on Epicurus against the sonic backdrop of crickets and restaurant goers in Iowa City. He follows the Stoics into the cell where James Stockdale spent seven years as a prisoner of war. He spins with al-Ghazali first in doubt, then in the ecstasy of the divine. And he gets the philosophy education of his life when one of his students, who authorized a risky surgery for her son that inadvertently led to his death, asks with tears in her eyes if Kant was right, if it really is the motive that matters and not the consequences. Through heartbreaking stories, humanizing biographies, accessible theory, and evocative interludes like “On Wine and Bicycles” or “On Zombies�and�Superheroes�,” he invests philosophy with the personal and vice versa. The result is a book that is at once a primer and a reassurance—that the most important questions endure, coming to life in each of us.�
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- Sales Rank: #140792 in Books
- Published on: 2015-04-03
- Released on: 2014-04-03
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 9.00" h x .80" w x 6.00" l, .0 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 232 pages
From Booklist
*Starred Review* As a freshman in college, Samuelson fought with classmates over whether philosophy was essential for a meaningful life. Fortunately, he’s still fighting. Defying the widespread perception of philosophy as an academic specialty, Samuelson urges readers to join him in a humanizing intellectual adventure, one that begins with Socrates’ frank profession of ignorance. Awakened to a sense of wonder at the mysteriousness of human experience, readers interrogate alternate forms of happiness, reflect on the perilous freedom in suicide, ponder the origins of evil—even examine the reasons for boredom. Even the simple act of eating an apple yields surprising new meaning under the philosophic gaze. Though Samuelson regards radical doubt as an essential step toward truth, he pushes beyond skepticism, exploring the paradoxes of Christian faith with Pascal, tasting the ecstasy of Sufi mysticism with al-Ghazali. Predictably, Samuelson takes titans such as Aristotle, Epictetus, Descartes, and Kant as guides for critical passages of his philosophic journey. Despite Plato’s misgivings about their influence, Samuelson also draws inspiration from poets. But perhaps no one teaches more than Samuelson’s own diverse college students—a wine-loving bicyclist, a sleep-deprived housewife, a monk-faced factory worker. These seemingly ordinary people underscore the most important lesson of all: philosophy matters for everyone. --Bryce Christensen
Review
“As a freshman in college, Samuelson fought with classmates over whether philosophy was essential for a meaningful life. Fortunately, he’s still fighting. Defying the widespread perception of philosophy as an academic specialty, Samuelson urges readers to join him in a humanizing intellectual adventure, one that begins with Socrates’ frank profession of ignorance. . . . But perhaps no one teaches more than Samuelson’s own diverse college students—a wine-loving bicyclist, a sleep-deprived housewife, a monk-faced factory worker. These seemingly ordinary people underscore the most important lesson of all: philosophy matters for everyone.” (Bryce Christensen Booklist)
“Many professors claim to learn from their students while inwardly denying the claim. But the enchanting Samuelson takes us along to class with him in these lively pages. Unlike other members of the philosophers’ guild, he seldom serves up an abstraction without an accompanying concrete example culled from in-class comments and student papers. . . . This compelling story of philosophy nudges the reader toward the conviction that a sense of awe, which Samuelson lionizes and invites, will transform more than our ways of thinking.”
(Christian Century)
“Scott Samuelson is a philosopher with a knack for storytelling.� As a result,�The Deepest Human Life�is a book that humanizes philosophy and that relates grand philosophical themes to the lives of ordinary people. Not only that, but Samuelson writes in a manner that ordinary people—meaning those without a philosophical background—will find inviting. Readers will come away with a better understanding of some of philosophy’s fundamental concepts and in many cases will also have taken important first steps toward conducting an examination of their own lives.” (William B. Irvine, author of A Guide to the Good Life)
“The Deepest Human Life offers us the kinds of tools we have always needed to face Pascal’s implicit challenge to face ourselves, difficult though the task may be.”
(Rain Taxi Review of Books)
“The Deepest Human Life is a splendid book for students, writers, philosophers, and anyone interested in exploring the human condition. Samuelson wears his considerable learning lightly, addressing the enduring questions—What is philosophy? What is happiness? What is the nature of good and evil?—in an engaging and accessible manner, reminding readers that the quest for meaning is indeed a matter of life and death. What a marvelous professor he must be. And what good luck to have his wisdom here on the page.” (Christopher Merrill, author of The Tree of the Doves: Ceremony, Expedition, War)
“The Deepest Human Life is charming and upbeat, but it’s also very poignant in places. Samuelson weaves his personal story of teaching at a community college into the philosophical adventure and shows how philosophy is an approach to life—a practice of self-knowing and self-forgetting—rather than a professional career. The result is a unique introduction to philosophy, composed with a rare voice of humane literary sophistication.” (Stephen T. Asma, author of Against Fairness)
“Samuelson has given us a personal perspective on�doing�philosophy. While a close reading of�The Deepest Human Life�will let you come away with a broad contextual understanding of the development of western thought, the book is really about inspiring the reader to think—and act, and�live—more philosophically.”
(Epicurus in Exile)
“A basic but thoughtful introduction to philosophy. Samuelson treats philosophy not merely as a topic or academic subject, but as an approach to life. As a teacher and as a person, Samuelson encourages his students—who, as community college students in a small, Midwestern city, come from all walks of life—and his readers to do the same. . . . Samuelson works through a wide spectrum of key issues and thinkers—both classical and contemporary—in a fair, efficient, sympathetic, and enjoyable manner. His writing style is both engaging and approachable. The “interludes” between the book’s four parts encourage readers to reflect on what appear to be commonplaces in human experience (laughter and tears, wine and bicycles, campfires and the sun); yet, these experiences can and should give rise to wonder, the beginning of philosophy. A notable feature of the book is the wide range of sources from which Samuelson draws, from philosophers and mystics to poetry and modern mythologies.” (Review of Metaphysics)
“For a survey of philosophical thought, Samuelson’s quirky, abundantly informed new book,�The Deepest Human Life, is a surprisingly snappy read. A cynical elevator pitch might call it “philosophy for dummies,” but it’s not for dummies any more than it’s for overly serious chin-massagers. The book would be useful as either an introduction or a brush-up, and enjoyably personable in either instance.”
(Chapter 16)
About the Author
Scott Samuelson lives in Iowa City, Iowa, where he teaches philosophy at Kirkwood Community College and is a movie reviewer, television host, and sous-chef at a French restaurant on a gravel road.�
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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful.
An important, accessible book
By Lee McIntyre
I loved this book. There seems to be a trend of philosophy books lately that are returning to the roots of why philosophy matters, which is to show us that it was meant not just to teach us how to think, but also how to live. Samuelson's book does this and, what is even more remarkable, does it within the context of teaching an introduction to philosophy that is engaging both to students and teachers of philosophy alike. Samuelson not only discusses Plato, Descartes, and Kant, he shows how the great issues of philosophy have had an impact on his own life and the lives of his students. Samuelson must be a remarkable teacher and I cheered the fact that he spoke with such obvious respect for his students. The book itself is beautifully written, with each chapter presented as a more or less self-contained meditation on the larger theme. I didn't rush through it...didn't want to. Instead I savored each chapter and tried to limit myself to one a day, so that I could think about them.
This book reminded me most of Walden, where Thoreau engages us in his own reflections on how to live a meaningful life so that he can wake us up to the potential within our own. Samuelson does the same. By writing a book that is a meaningful reflection on how philosophy has influenced his life, Samuelson invites us to try it for ourselves.
On the second to last day of my philosophy class this semester I wrote the title of this book on the board and told my students that if the course had meant anything to them, they should buy it and use it as a springboard to continue their philosophical educations. Also, it just might change their life.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful.
Therapy for Despondent Philosophy Majors
By not me
The title of "The Deepest Human Life" may sound pompous, but it is a phrase taken from William James. That's appropriate because the book aims to rehabilitate a conception of philosophy as a Socratic calling, or a spiritual discipline, rather than a technical academic subject. In particular, the author uses episodes from the lives of his students to show how philosophy can help us live and bring out the best features of our nature. He seems to have learned as much from them as they from him; one moving section explains how he was converted to the Kantian view that actions shouldn't be judged by their consequences. The writing is always clear, and sometimes lyrical.
I gave the book four stars only because a few of the discussions (of Stoicism, for example) have a potted Idiot's-Guide-to-Western-Philosophy feel to them. On the other hand, the section on the Sufi al-Ghazali, about whom I knew nothing before I read this book, was eye-opening. I'd recommend this book to all students who despair of the pedantry endemic in academic philosophy. It'll restore their faith. William James would have approved.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful.
A Genuinely Funny, Heart-Felt, And Accessible introduction to Philosophy
By cmac
Last night, I interrupted my wife several times from her show on Netflix to read her lines from this book, most of the time because they were hilarious, but sometimes because of their poignancy. This is just a wonderful book all the way around. Also, I found THE DEEPEST HUMAN LIFE to be a great reality check -- it made me think about what philosophy is really about or should be about (for the first time in a lot of years). The coverage of and insight into the philosophers (their lives and philosophies) is amazing -- just couldn't be better. This book hangs together, instructs, and compels in an amazing way.
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