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Title: Disappointed
Review: I bought the paperback version of this book for an introductory philosophy course. The book's prose is clear and well-written, so I will give the author that much - otherwise, I would have given the book a 1-star. The text is so brief that it is unsatisfying. The author seems to circle around and around questions without offering much except the questions themselves, so he left me with a hollow feeling. He comes across as depressed, particularly his statements that we only matter to ourselves. The book closes with disturbing statements that "Even if life as a whole is meaningless, perhaps that's nothing to worry about" and "Life may be not only meaningless but absurd." If he feels life is meaningless, why is he teaching philosophy? In the end, he came across as ill and living without hope or meaning. I can't buy into a viewpoint like that.
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