If your young child asks "what's the meaning of life?" You might laugh it off (how cute!) or freeze in panic (where do I even begin?). But children know otherwise. They ask big questions like "Why are ...

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The question of life’s true purpose has baffled humanity for millennia. Philosophers, religious leaders, psychologists, and ...

Three slim philosophy classics confront death, time, and meaning without excess. Tolstoy exposes a life misdirected, Plato ...

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