The Meaning and Value of Life

by Rudolf Christoph Eucken

Originally published in 1887. Author: Rudolf Eucken Language: English Keywords: Religion / Philosophy Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. Obscure Press are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

Genres: Nobel Prize, Philosophy, German Literature

148 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1908

About the author

Rudolf Christoph Eucken (German: [ˈɔʏkn̩]; 5 January 1846 – 15 September 1926) was a German philosopher. He received the 1908 Nobel Prize for Literature "in recognition of his earnest search for truth, his penetrating power of thought, his wide range of vision, and the warmth and strength in presentation with which in his numerous works he has vindicated and developed an idealistic philosophy of life".

Reviews

[Valerie]

Good grief. The first part was ok. Basically, both spirituality and humanism are insufficient to give meaning and value to life. Ok.

But then the second half. Oy. Basically, the answer to giving life meaning is... wait for it... SPIRITUALITY AND HUMANISM.

[Hamda]

موضوع صعب + لغة معقدة = كتاب غير مفهوم

[Hosam]

من اسوء الكتب ترجمة لا انصح به

[غدير]

بعد ان أنهيت الكتاب وقفت أتساءل ، ما الفائدة ؟
حسنا .. ما معنى الحياة وقيمتها ؟
ماذا كنت انتظر من المؤلف ؟
ما الخلاصة ؟
وانا انتظر الإجابة من نفسي لان ما خلطها هو "اللهم اني اعوذ بك من علم لاينفع "

على كل الكتاب يقارن بين الحياتين القديمة والجديدة ويدعو الى رجوع الانسان الى ذاته بتأسيسه روحيا وميزة ذلك للجماعة والفرد .. فيذكر بأهمية الحياة وخلق معنى وتأصيله روحيا ، وان لا يلهينا الانغماس في الحياة الحديثة القائمة بين العمل و الترفيه عن الجوهر الحقيقي والغاية العليا …

و لازلت اريد حقا ان استخلص شيء نافعا جديدا ،وها انا استحثكم يا معشر القراء ، أنيروني ..

[Lulu]

ثقيل جداً

[Ana Pascal]

1.5

[حسين كاظم]

مضمون أقل من عادي وترجمة سيئة جدا.

[Dolf van der Haven]

Nobel Prize 🏆 in Literature 1908
Wow, this was boring! A 19th century German philosopher looking for the purpose and value of life rejects everything ranging from naturalism, idealism, religion, individualism and collectivism, and ends up with Geistesleben (Intellectual life) as the purpose-giver of life.
Christoph Eucken was a member of the Swedish Academy of Science and was nominated for the Nobel Prize by a colleague of his in the Academy. Without this nepotism, he would have been even more forgotten than he already is.