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How to Find Meaning in the Face of Death

By Emily Esfahani Smith — 2017

The time between diagnosis and death presents an opportunity for “extraordinary growth.”

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The Power of Meaning: Finding Fulfillment in a World Obsessed with Happiness

To explore how we can craft lives of meaning, Emily Esfahani Smith synthesizes a kaleidoscopic array of sources—from psychologists, sociologists, philosophers, and neuroscientists to figures in literature and history such as George Eliot, Viktor Frankl, Aristotle, and the Buddha.

Emily Esfahani Smith

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Facing Own Death