The Meaning of Life: Perspectives from the World's Great Intellectual Traditions

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This course explores how the world's great intellectual traditions, ancient and modern, have elucidated what it means to live a good life. It consists of 36 lectures, and can be completed in four months at a rate of two lectures per week.