Every Time I Find the Meaning of Life, They Change It: Wisdom of the Great Philosophers on How to Live

Savored the sections and used them to bring up topics of conversation. I too must be a hedonist of the mind, in the same pea pod as the author. Makes you think about life, from the perspective of our histories great thinkers.

Entertaining. Not to be confused with meaningful literature. Sort of like good TV is not to be confused with great cinema. But, an entertaining read.

Love the different approaches the author presents as to how to live one’s life and what’s the meaning of it all (obviously there’s o clear answer). Everything is told in a serious yet light and whimsical manner, just fantastic (like his other books)!

Great read, enjoyed so much, I will keep and read again

I thoroughly enjoyed this inspiring, friendly, witty and deeply intelligent philosophical journey. Definitely worth the read. Very engaging. I highly recommend it : thank you Daniel.

This is my third Daniel Klein book and probably the meatiest in terms of discussion.of philosophy and its application to a meaningful life. Kudos to a gentlemen who is at or near the 80 year point and still writing witty, thoughtful and original material. I only took one Philosophy course in college rather than majoring in it as Klein did. It was difficult and delightful. I would say the same about Klein's books-deceptively short and humorous, but worthy of reflection. Food for thought and ammunition for multiple interesting conversations.

I love this book. I have bought 4 books to gift to people because I love it that much. I love that it’s structured quote first and then history/explanation/application of said quote. I read it at least once every year and I always learn something new about myself and the quotes. It never fails that I look back and see the quote differently in different stages of my life. A GREAT read would be an understatement.

life", which I believe are subtly different. It would have also been nice to explore a related concept of "what it is like to be me" and the possible influence this would have on the meaning and purpose of life. My personal opinion, as a layman, is that the ultimate meaning/purpose of life is an accumulation of the many interactions each of us has as life progresses. Most are short and evernescent, many are ongoing and deep, some are negative, most hopefully positive and who we are is influenced by the multitude of these inter-personal interactions; similar to the many ongoing interactions between subatomic particles permitting our Universe.

Ich geniesse dieses Buch. Für mich ist es wie eine kleine Wanderung in wichtige Gedanken wichtiger Philosophen.

One of my favourite books I’ve read. Definitely a re-reader.

Funny and insightfull, it gives food for thought without being too heavy. Much like other books from mr. Klein. I like it 😉

This is such a personable and entertaining read, I had this on pre-order from the time that I read Travels With Epicurus by the same author which was a personal and philosophical reflection upon travels around Greece in later life which I really, really enjoyed and would recommend to anyone as well. In both accounts there is a depth of personal account, the author mentions family members, friends and life experience, for the author philosophy really is a live experience and its really clear that this is why the author thinks the ideas matter, why they deserve to be thought about and discussed or brought to anyone else's attention at all in the first place. In this book I was very sorry to read in the acknowledgements that the author's dog, Snookers, who is featured more than a few times throughout the book, I felt one of the best examples being in a later chapter about "being in the moment", "living the present moment" etc., had passed away. This book, the author writes, is occasioned not by travels and reflections on the same but the discovery of a notebook of quotations, "pithies", that is "pithy quotes" and each chapter begins with the quotation and has the reflective notes from then and now as its main body of content. It is a personal account of one person's life philosophy as a result, a mix of (I would suggest qualified) hedonism, existentialism and skepticism, as before, which if you know the author you will know what to expect, if you are interested in philosophical topics, the question of what makes for the best or good life, then I believe you will be pleased with this book too. The pace and style of writing were great, some chapters are longer than others, depending on the subject matter, it takes a little longer to deal with some material than others but at no point did I think the narrative became pedantic or dull or repetitious, some of the chapters are related to one another, if only with mention of an earlier author's experience or perspective. Personally, I loved the quote/chapter from the dedicated and serious monist/materialist who died and experienced a spiritual epiphany, although that the same thinker, AJ Ayer, had challenged Mike Tyson to a gentlemanly discussion of good conduct was just as good a story. Which may make it appear like this book is "philosophy lite", not my intention at all and certainly not what I would consider the book to be either (the author in the acknowledgements describes it going through a serious of readings and corrections when he shared it with philosopher friends), it isnt academic reading perhaps but I think academics, like anyone else, could benefit from reading it. Recommended.

A useful and wonderful read!