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Meaning and work

What makes a life add up, argued rather than asserted.

Why can a pleasant life still feel empty?
Susan Wolf · Meaning in Life and Why It Matters · 2010 · Meaning and work
What do you do with the fact that your seriousness is optional?
Thomas Nagel · The Absurd · 1971 · Meaning and work
Would an unlimited life still be worth living?
Bernard Williams · The Makropulos Case: Reflections on the Tedium of Immortality · 1973 · Meaning and work
Which of the three things you do all week is not being expressed?
Hannah Arendt · The Human Condition · 1958 · Meaning and work