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1 online resource |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Summary |
Fundamental questions about life arise in various contexts, making us wonder about the real worth of living. However, it is certainly a sign of our times when one is alerted to the fundamental question about the meaning and significance of life by an ominous text message. The main character of this book, Professor Enrique de los Reyes, receives such a warning: the onset of super-typhoon Haiyan, the strongest ever to hit landfall, and the impending danger to his friend and his relatives in the Philippines. As he anxiously awaits more news, he recalls and reviews in the context of this tragedy his philosophical wanderings throughout a long academic career in pursuit of the meaning of life. He wonders how these could now be reconciled with the urgent need for him to attend to this particular situation. The response to his query comes from a most unexpected source as he assesses Alexander Pope's advice to drink deeply from the Pierian spring and realises its import for one's conduct in life. This reflective account of a human quest is the last volume in a trilogy which probes into philosophical themes in a narrative way. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Philosophy -- Fiction.
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Philosophy. |
| Genre/Form |
Fiction.
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| Subject |
Life -- Fiction.
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Life. |
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Typhoons -- Philippines -- Fiction.
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Typhoons. |
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Philippines. |
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Electronic books.
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Fiction.
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| Added Author |
Sia, S., author.
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| ISBN |
9781443894258 electronic book |
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1443894257 electronic book |
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9781443888936 |
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