{"product_id":"learning-the-good-life-wisdom-from-the-great-hearts-and-minds-that-came-before-9780310127963","title":"Learning the Good Life: Wisdom from the Great Hearts and Minds That Came Before","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDiscover the Good Life as You Learn from the Wise Voices of the Past\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe've lost ourselves. Disconnected from the past and uncertain about the future, we are anxious about what our lives will be and troubled by a nagging sense of meaninglessness. Adrift in the world, many Christians have their identity completely wrapped up in work and their definition of the good life is financial success. Fewer of are staying committed to the Christian faith, finding it difficult to reconcile their experience with their longings and desires. With so much uncertainty, where can we find a true vision of the Good Life?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLearning the Good Life\u003c\/em\u003e speaks to this malaise with trusted and assured voices from the past, inviting Christians into an age-old conversation with some of history's wisest hearts and minds as their dialogue companions. Featuring classic writings from a diverse lineup of over 35 writers and thinkers including Confucius, Augustine, Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, W.E.B. DuBois, Flannery O'Connor, and Wendell Berry. Together these sages of the past address important issues such as: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVocation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCalling\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMeaning\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSuffering\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBeauty\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVirtue\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLearning\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWisdom\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCritical Thinking\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCommunity\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWonder\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReflection\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAnd more\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eEach of these texts are introduced by experts who are teachers, from a variety of Christian colleges and universities, to help providing a broader, richer, and more cohesive narrative in which Christians may participate. In addition to a substantive introduction, each text is accompanied by discussion questions to provoke further thought and contemplation and also to facilitate discussion when used in groups. Ideal for any Christian seeking a deeper connection to the wisdom of the past and wanting a more cohesive and beautiful vision of the good life. All the writers have a message for you. All of them are calling you to die to yourself, to your habits of indulgence, to your pride and ambition, and instead, dedicate your time to learning, thinking, and loving.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWriters and writings featured in \u003cem\u003eLearning the Good Life \u003c\/em\u003einclude: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLao Tzu\u003c\/strong\u003e, From\u003cem\u003e Tao Te Ching\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eConfucius\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cem\u003eSelections\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePlato\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Allegory of the Cave\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSeneca the Younger\u003c\/strong\u003e, On the Shortness of Life\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAthanasius\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cem\u003eOn the Incarnation\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eGregory of Nazianzus\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cem\u003eOn My Own Verses\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAugustine\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cem\u003eOn the Teacher\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAugustine\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cem\u003eOn Christian Doctrine\u003c\/em\u003e, Book I.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePope Gregory the Great\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cem\u003eLife of Saint Benedict\u003c\/em\u003e, Dialogues, Book 2\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDante Alighieri\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Divine Comedy\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eInferno\u003c\/em\u003e 1\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNezahualcoyotl\u003c\/strong\u003e, A Flower Song of Nezahualcoyotl\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMargery Kempe\u003c\/strong\u003e, From \u003cem\u003eThe Book of Margery Kempe\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWilliam Shakespeare\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cem\u003eKing Lear\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eJohn Amos Comenius\u003c\/strong\u003e, From \u003cem\u003eThe Labyrinth of the World and the Paradise of the Heart\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eGeorge Herbert\u003c\/strong\u003e, Five Poems\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBlaise Pascal\u003c\/strong\u003e, Selections\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMatsuo Basho\u003c\/strong\u003e, Three Haiku Poems\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSor Juana Ines de la Cruz\u003c\/strong\u003e, Respuesta a Sor Filotea de la Cruz\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eJohn Milton\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cem\u003eAreopagitica\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eJonathan Edwards\u003c\/strong\u003e, Personal Narrative\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEdmund Burke\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cem\u003eReflections on the Revolution in France\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLord Alfred Tennyson\u003c\/strong\u003e, Ulysses\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFrederick Douglass\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cem\u003eNarrative Life\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eElizabeth Barrett Browning\u003c\/strong\u003e, from \u003cem\u003eAurora Leigh\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eHenry David Thoreau\u003c\/strong\u003e, Life Without Principle\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eGerard Manley Hopkins\u003c\/strong\u003e, As Kingfishers Catch Fire\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFredrich Nietzsche\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cem\u003eUse and Abuse of History (section IV)\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAnna Julia Cooper\u003c\/strong\u003e, From \u003cem\u003eWomanhood: A Vital Element in the Regeneration and Progress of a Race\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eW. 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