Better than both
Subtitle: the case for pessimism
By: Peter Heinegg.
Publisher: Hamilton Books
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Lanham, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 147
Subjects: Pessimism
Description: "Better Than Both: The Case for Pessimism is an experiment in "popular philosophy." It presents and discusses (literally) life-and-death issues in non-technical, everyday language. This new work sees pessimism, not as a kind of depressed moodiness or self-indulgent negativity, but as the inevitable result of any fair-minded survey of the world we actually live in. It reaches this conclusion by looking into basic human psychology, the record of history, the experience of aging and death, the failure of religion, and many features of both ancient and modern culture."--BOOK JACKET