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This Beauty - A Philosophy of Being Alive (Hardcover)
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This Beauty - A Philosophy of Being Alive (Hardcover)
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You didn't choose to live this life, in this body, in these
conditions-this delicate and difficult life. Yet when you consider
that your existence is fleeting, an inspired sense of urgency can
spring forth. Say you often hike with a friend. One day, they
propose that you skydive instead. You're wavering, and they
insist:?Come?on. You only live once! And soon you're flying through
the air. Why embrace a life you did not choose? In?This Beauty,
philosopher Nick Riggle explores the beauty of being alive by
investigating the things we say to inspire ourselves and each
other: seize the day, treat yourself, you only live once. These
cliches are at best vague, at worst stupid. They imply that you
should do something wild with your life because your life is
precious, a little like saying you should go swimming with your
grandfather's watch because it is irreplaceable. Drawing on
insights from aesthetics and his experiences as a professional
skater and new father, he develops the thought that beauty-the
beauty of this day, this body, this moment, these people-can make
life worth embracing, worth engaging with and amplifying as
beautiful. Insightful and deeply humane, This Beauty is a searching
inquiry into the mystery of life's beauty and a call to create and
share it.
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