by James Park
(Minneapolis, MN:
www.existentialbooks.com, 2007)
40 pages
(ISBN: 978-0-89231-919-0; paperback)
(Library of Congress call number: BJ1481.P37 2007)
Table of Contents
Introduction: Can We Fulfill Ourselves? 2
Chapter 1 Money & Possessions 5
Chapter 2 Achievement 7
Chapter 3 Marriage 16
Chapter 4 Children 20
Chapter 5 Pleasure & Enjoyment 25
Chapter 6 Religion 30
Conclusion 37
Even if we have not explicitly formulated a philosophy of life,
we have already implicitly organized
our lives
in the directions described in each of
the chapters.
Any of these paths to happiness could
extend indefinitely.
And usually, we follow several paths to
fulfillment simultaneously,
sometimes giving greater emphasis to one
or another.
However, the possibly-surprising
thesis of this book is that
none of these six paths ultimately
leads to fulfillment.
We can certainly find relative happiness
on each of these paths,
but ultimately fulfillment comes only
in a way we do not expect.
Each
chapter (after
exploring money, achievement, etc.)
shows how Existential Freedom—release
from our Existential Malaise—
is much more fulfilling than anything
we could achieve.
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Quest of Fulfillment
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