meaning (philosophy)

While trying to figure out the meaning of life, Amelia learns that even when the world is scary and life is as mystifying as ever, some things, such as friends, do last.

When thirteen-year-old Pierre Anthon leaves school to sit in a plum tree and train for becoming part of nothing, his seventh grade classmates set out on a desperate quest for the meaning of life.

As the Afterlife disintegrates, threatening the future of everyone who has ever died on Earth, Thaddeus, guardian in the Afterlife, becomes obsessed with understanding the meaning of life and death.

Compares and contrasts the worldviews of Christian author C. S. Lewis, and psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud, looking at what they had to say about belief and nonbelief in God, encompassing issues of pain and suffering, the nature of love and sex, and the ultimate meaning of life and death.

Examines the struggle many people face between wanting to be good and moral, and striving for success, power, wealth, or fame, and offers advice on how to achieve a truly successful and significant life.

A chronological survey of some of the great figures in history who have sought to discover the meaning and purpose of Man's existence, looking at three epochs of seeking, from antiquity to the modern age.

Maria Shriver offers advice to people of any age who want to do something different with their lives, and describes how her life changed drastically when her husband was elected governor of California.

When thirteen-year-old Pierre Anthon leaves school to sit in a plum tree and train for becoming part of nothing, his seventh grade classmates set out on a desperate quest for the meaning of life.

Follows the lives of a group of birds as they seek to survive on an endless plain full of dangers and contemplate the meaning of their lives, especially after a plane crash-lands on the plain and the stranded pilot becomes a part of their daily lives.

Discusses the relevance of classic Western literature and philosophy for everyday life in the early twenty-first century, examining works by Homer, Dante, Kant, Melville, David Foster Wallace, and other authors.