Skip to content
Scan a barcode
Scan
Added to your cart
Hardcover In Love with Life: Reflections on the Joy of Living and Why We Hate to Die (Vanderbilt Library of American Philosophy) Book

ISBN: 082651328X

ISBN13: 9780826513281

In Love With Life: Reflections on the Joy of Living and Why We Hate to Die (Vanderbilt Library of American Philosophy)

(Part of the Vanderbilt Library of American Philosophy Series)

Select Format

Select Condition ThriftBooks Help Icon

Recommended

Format: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good*

*Best Available: (missing dust jacket)

$29.79
Save $50.16!
List Price $79.95
Almost Gone, Only 1 Left!

You Might Also Enjoy

Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematory
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematory
Caitlin Doughty

from: $9.59

Three Weeks with My Brother
Three Weeks with My Brother
Micah Sparks, Nicholas Sparks

from: $4.19

The Grief Recovery Handbook: The Action Program for Moving Beyond Death Divorce, and Other Losses
The Grief Recovery Handbook: The Action Program for Moving Beyond Death Divorce, and Other Losses
Russell Friedman, John W. James

from: $3.99

Don't Take My Grief Away: What to Do When You Lose a Loved One
Don't Take My Grief Away: What to Do When You Lose a Loved One
Doug Manning

from: $4.69

Tear Soup
Tear Soup
Chuck DeKlyen, Pat Schwiebert

from: $7.29

A Grace Disguised: How the Soul Grows through Loss
A Grace Disguised: How the Soul Grows through Loss
Jerry Sittser, Gerald L. Sittser

from: $4.79

Final Gifts: Understanding the Special Awareness, Needs, and Communications of the Dying
Final Gifts: Understanding the Special Awareness, Needs, and Communications of the Dying
Maggie Callanan, Patricia Kelley

from: $4.99

The Fall of Freddie the Leaf: A Story of Life for All Ages
The Fall of Freddie the Leaf: A Story of Life for All Ages
Leo F. Buscaglia

from: $5.49

How We Die: Reflections on Life's Final Chapter
How We Die: Reflections on Life's Final Chapter
Sherwin B. Nuland

from: $4.69

On grief and grieving
On grief and grieving
Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, David Kessler, David A. Kessler

from: $4.09

I Wasn't Ready to Say Goodbye: Surviving, Coping and Healing After the Death of a Loved One
I Wasn't Ready to Say Goodbye: Surviving, Coping and Healing After the Death of a Loved One
Brook Noel, Pamela D. Blair

from: $4.39

Motherless Daughters: The Legacy of Loss
Motherless Daughters: The Legacy of Loss
Hope Edelman

from: $4.69

Chicken Soup for the Grieving Soul: Stories About Life, Death and Overcoming the Loss of a Loved One (Chicken Soup for the Soul)
Chicken Soup for the Grieving Soul: Stories About Life, Death and Overcoming the Loss of a Loved One (Chicken Soup for the Soul)
Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen

from: $4.19

Tinkers
Tinkers
Paul Harding

from: $4.19

The Path of Loneliness: Finding Your Way Through the Wilderness to God
The Path of Loneliness: Finding Your Way Through the Wilderness to God
Elisabeth Elliot

from: $3.99

Love Is a Mix Tape: Life and Loss, One Song at a Time
Love Is a Mix Tape: Life and Loss, One Song at a Time
Rob Sheffield

from: $4.29

How to Survive the Loss of a Love
How to Survive the Loss of a Love
Harold H. Bloomfield, Melba Colgrove, Peter McWilliams

from: $5.09

On Life After Death
On Life After Death
Elisabeth Kübler-Ross

from: $4.99

The End of Your Life Book Club
The End of Your Life Book Club
Will Schwalbe

from: $4.79

Blessings of Brokenness, The
Blessings of Brokenness, The
Charles F. Stanley

from: $4.89

Book Overview

Offers clear and instructive wisdom on how love of life enriches and drives human existence, even in the face of inevitable sadness, loss, and death.Ancient philosophers used to write "how-to" manuals for living. The classical American philosophers Dewey, Santayana, James, and Royce all published works that dealt with everyday concerns and issues that affected all people. Yet today, many academic philosophers talk mostly among themselves about technical points in logic or semantics or other abstruse subjects less applicable to everyday life.Not John Lachs. In this engaging book, Lachs reminds us of the centrality of philosophy to life. He provides us with a philosophy of living and a framework to apply to the most basic and critical issues we face. He enables us to see things in new and expansive ways. Fundamental ethical choices such as suicide and euthanasia, the trying and often meaningless circumstances of modern life, confusions of ends and means, and just being tired of it all-- these concerns all come under Lachs's discerning eye. He advocates confronting the complexities of life head on, with courage and persistence. Only through our own efforts and activities can we place our experiences in new and broader contexts, enabling us to find release from despair and frustration and to derive the most out of even the worst situations.Lachs shows that the good life involves joyous energy to the end. In Love with Life will help readers tap life's resources to face inescapable sadness, loss, and death. This is a book for everyone who has ever wondered how to reconcile the pervasive joys and frequent doubts that life presents to all of us.Thoughtful readers will find both inspiration and tough-minded virtue in this book. This description may be from another edition of this product.
The Philosophy of Loyalty (Vanderbilt Library of American Philosophy)
The Philosophy of Loyalty (Vanderbilt Library of American Philosophy)
Josiah Royce

from: $6.59

The Life and Thought of Josiah Royce: Revised and Expanded Edition
The Life and Thought of Josiah Royce: Revised and Expanded Edition
John Clendenning

from: $30.89

Dewey's Logical Theory: New Studies & Interpretations (The Vanderbilt Library of American Philosophy)
Dewey's Logical Theory: New Studies & Interpretations (The Vanderbilt Library of American Philosophy)
Robert B. Talisse

from: $12.59

The Relevance of Philosophy to Life (The Vanderbilt Library of American Philosophy)
The Relevance of Philosophy to Life (The Vanderbilt Library of American Philosophy)
John Lachs

from: $25.29

Elements of Knowledge: Pragmatism, Logic, and Inquiry (Vanderbilt Library of American Philosophy)
Elements of Knowledge: Pragmatism, Logic, and Inquiry (Vanderbilt Library of American Philosophy)
Arthur Franklin Stewart

from: $92.48

Habits of Hope: A Pragmatic Theory (The Vanderbilt Library of American Philosophy)
Habits of Hope: A Pragmatic Theory (The Vanderbilt Library of American Philosophy)
Patrick Shade

from: $43.55

The Thought and Character of William James
The Thought and Character of William James
Ralph Barton Perry

from: $11.49

Rorty & Pragmatism: The Philosopher Responds to His Critics (Vanderbilt Library of American Philosophy)
Rorty & Pragmatism: The Philosopher Responds to His Critics (Vanderbilt Library of American Philosophy)

from: $8.49

Emphatics
Emphatics
Arthur Franklin Stewart, Paul Weiss

from: $11.19

Hartshorne and Brightman on God, Process, and Persons: The Correspondence, 1922-1945 (The Vanderbilt Library of American Philosophy)
Hartshorne and Brightman on God, Process, and Persons: The Correspondence, 1922-1945 (The Vanderbilt Library of American Philosophy)

from: $92.73

Fateful Shapes of Human Freedom: John William Miller and the Crises of Modernity
Fateful Shapes of Human Freedom: John William Miller and the Crises of Modernity
Vincent Michael Colapietro, Vincent Colapietro

from: $49.21

The Unity of William James's Thought
The Unity of William James's Thought
Wesley Cooper

from: $33.89

Thinking in the Ruins: Wittgenstein and Santayana on Contingency (The Vanderbilt Library of American Philosophy)
Thinking in the Ruins: Wittgenstein and Santayana on Contingency (The Vanderbilt Library of American Philosophy)
John Lachs, Michael P. Hodges

from: $72.29

Dewey's Empirical Theory of Knowledge and Reality (The Vanderbilt Library of American Philosophy)
Dewey's Empirical Theory of Knowledge and Reality (The Vanderbilt Library of American Philosophy)
John R. Shook

from: $49.21

Interpreting America: Russian and Soviet Studies of the History of American Thought
Interpreting America: Russian and Soviet Studies of the History of American Thought
John Ryder, Nikita E. Pokrovsky

from: $16.79

Genuine Individuals and Genuine Communities
Genuine Individuals and Genuine Communities
Jacquelyn Ann K. Kegley

from: $92.73

William James's Springs of Delight: The Return to Life (The Vanderbilt Library of American Philosophy)
William James's Springs of Delight: The Return to Life (The Vanderbilt Library of American Philosophy)
Phil Oliver

from: $92.73

Making Morality: Pragmatist Reconstruction in Ethical Theory (The Vanderbilt Library of American Philosophy)
Making Morality: Pragmatist Reconstruction in Ethical Theory (The Vanderbilt Library of American Philosophy)
Todd Lekan

from: $48.97

Intensity: An Essay in Whiteheadian Ontology (Vanderbilt Library of American Philosophy)
Intensity: An Essay in Whiteheadian Ontology (Vanderbilt Library of American Philosophy)
Judith A. Jones

from: $92.73

Beyond Realism and Antirealism: John Dewey and the Neopragmatists
Beyond Realism and Antirealism: John Dewey and the Neopragmatists
David L. Hildebrand

from: $48.97

Peirce's Scientific Metaphysics: The Philosophy of Chance, Law, & Evolution
Peirce's Scientific Metaphysics: The Philosophy of Chance, Law, & Evolution
Andrew Reynolds

from: $92.73

A William Ernest Hocking Reader: With Commentary (The Vanderbilt Library of American Philosophy)
A William Ernest Hocking Reader: With Commentary (The Vanderbilt Library of American Philosophy)
William Ernest Hocking, D. Micah Hester

from: $48.69

The Agrarian Roots of Pragmatism
The Agrarian Roots of Pragmatism

from: $93.06

Divine Beauty: The Aesthetics of Charles Hartshorne (The Vanderbilt Library of American Philosophy)
Divine Beauty: The Aesthetics of Charles Hartshorne (The Vanderbilt Library of American Philosophy)
Daniel A. Dombrowski

from: $114.94

Customer Reviews

1 customer rating | 1 review

Rated 5 stars
Lachs offers an effective antidote to existential despair.

John Lachs is that rarest of academics: respected by his colleagues, revered by his students, and relevant to his contemporaries, he has written yet another book which deserves to be read and reflected on by all thoughtful persons. In Love With Life (Vanderbilt University Press, 1998), like his earlier books including Intermediate Man and The Relevance of Philosophy for Life, radiates a philosophical acuity which is...

0Report

Copyright © 2025 Thriftbooks.com Terms of Use | Privacy Policy | Do Not Sell/Share My Personal Information | Cookie Policy | Cookie Preferences | Accessibility Statement
ThriftBooks ® and the ThriftBooks ® logo are registered trademarks of Thrift Books Global, LLC
GoDaddy Verified and Secured