A review by aaronh
All Things Shining: Reading the Western Classics to Find Meaning in a Secular Age by Hubert L. Dreyfus

3.0

Overall I think the authors make a pretty compelling argument for how we can approach the task of discerning what meaning already exists in the universe (as opposed to either imposing our meaning dogmatically or assuming that everything in the universe has meaning). It is a categorical rejection of the nihilism that underpins our age, especially that proceeding consequentially from Protestant/Enlightenment individualism. Despite the heavy sounding tone of this description, though, it is a light read and easily digestible. Pick it up and give it a try.