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    The Good Book: A Humanist Bible
    The Good Book: A Humanist Bible
    The Good Book: A Humanist Bible
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    The Good Book: A Humanist Bible

    Written by A. C. Grayling

    Narrated by Michael Page

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    Few, if any, thinkers and writers today would have the imagination, the breadth of knowledge, and the literary skill to conceive of a powerful secular alternative to the Bible. But that is exactly what A. C. Grayling has done, creating a nonreligious Bible drawn from the wealth of secular literature and philosophy in both Western and Eastern traditions, using the same techniques of editing, redaction, and adaptation that produced the holy books of the Judeo-Christian and Islamic religions.

    The Good Book consciously takes its design and presentation from the Bible, in the beauty of its language and its arrangement into short chapters and verses, offering to the nonreligious seeker all the wisdom, insight, solace, inspiration, and perspective of various secular humanist traditions. Organized in twelve main sections, The Good Book opens with meditations on the origin and progress of the world and human life in it, then devotes attention to the question of how life should be lived, how we relate to one another, and how vicissitudes are to be faced and joys appreciated. Inspired by the work of Herodotus and Lucretius, Confucius and Mencius, Seneca and Cicero, Montaigne, Bacon, and so many others, The Good Book will fulfill its audacious purpose in every way.

    Editor's Note

    A life well-lived…

    A bible for the secular, this humanist guide to living a good life draws on the inspired writings of humanity’s greatest thinkers to encourage readers of all stripes to celebrate the joys of life, and to overcome its trials.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTantor Media, Inc
    Release dateJun 30, 2011
    ISBN9781452673134
    Author

    A. C. Grayling

    A. C. Grayling is the Founder and Principal of the New College of the Humanities at Northeastern University, London, and its Professor of Philosophy. Among his many books are The God Argument, Democracy and Its Crisis, The History of Philosophy, The Good State and The Frontiers of Knowledge. He has been a regular contributor to The Times, Guardian, Financial Times, Independent on Sunday, Economist, New Statesman, Prospect and New European. He appears frequently on radio and TV, including Newsnight and CNN News. He lives in London.

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    • 3/5
      An interesting experiment, though I'm not sure this does entirely what Grayling wanted to do. Explicitly modeling the design on the typical Biblical style proves more distracting than useful, and the lack of footnotes, while understandable, is unfortunate. Some lovely passages, but I don't think the potential for this very neat idea is met.