Modern life encourages us to pursue the perfect identity. Whether we aspire to become the best lawyer or charity worker, life partner or celebrity influencer, we emulate exemplars that exist in the world – hoping it will bring us happiness. But this often leads to a complex game of envy and pride. We achieve these identities but want others to imitate us. We disagree with those...(展开全部)

From Library Journal This book is primarily a historical account of the modernist protest against the disengaged and instrumental modes of thought and action that arose when theistically grounded morality crumbled, but that themselves focused too little upon our inner life, i.e., our powers of creative imagination and the substantive goods of ordinary life, which Taylor alleges...(展开全部)

From Library Journal This book is primarily a historical account of the modernist protest against the disengaged and instrumental modes of thought and action that arose when theistically grounded morality crumbled, but that themselves focused too little upon our inner life, i.e., our powers of creative imagination and the substantive goods of ordinary life, which Taylor alleges...(展开全部)

'Most of us are still groping for answers about what makes life worth living, or what confers meaning on individual lives', writes Charles Taylor in Sources of the Self. 'This is an essentially modern predicament.' Charles Taylor's latest book sets out to define the modern identity by tracing its genesis, analysing the writings of such thinkers as Augustine, Descartes, Montaign...(展开全部)

英文版譯註者／梅拉．埃普斯坦Meira B. Epstein NCGR-PAA認證占星師 NCGR紐約分會導師 原籍以色列的紐約占星名家，為古典占星文獻復興計劃——「後見之明」（Project Hindsight）、ARHAT的希伯來文重要譯者。專業認證占星師，為NCGR線上四級認證課程的創始者與指導教師，課程內容包括星盤繪製與天文學。專攻希臘/古典占星以及現代漢堡占星學派。出版品Excellence in Astrology為中世紀猶太占星名家亞伯拉罕・伊本･伊茲拉文獻的翻譯合集，亦為認證課程的參考書籍。 她亦為獨立的執業占星師，在美國及歐洲的專業占星雜誌發表過許多文章，在聯合占星大會（UAC）等活動經常受邀演講之導師。除了投入占星學研究，她也曾為ESL英文教師，現為電腦程式分析師。

凯文•达顿（Kevin Dutton），1967年出生于英国伦敦，心理学博士。现为牛津大学实验心理学系的研究型心理学家。他是享誉世界的心理学、精神病专家，英国皇家医学会和精神病科学研究学会成员。他的父亲是精神病患者，至交也患有精神病，他常常感慨自己过得“太正常”。达顿一生专注于精神病学领域，潜心钻研近30年，为了获得真实的资料，不惜将自己伪装成患者，与真正的精神病患者共处一室。他在精神病研究领域的发现频频被《泰晤士报》、BBC和Discovery探索频道等知名媒体报道，是英国乃至世界不可或缺的研究“不正常人格”的专家。

An exploration of man's quest for psychological security and spiritual certainty in religion and philosophy.

凯文•达顿（Kevin Dutton），1967年出生于英国伦敦，心理学博士。现为牛津大学实验心理学系的研究型心理学家。他是享誉世界的心理学、精神病专家，英国皇家医学会和精神病科学研究学会成员。他的父亲是精神病患者，至交也患有精神病，他常常感慨自己过得“太正常”。达顿一生专注于精神病学领域，潜心钻研近30年，为了获得真实的资料，不惜将自己伪装成患者，与真正的精神病患者共处一室。他在精神病研究领域的发现频频被《泰晤士报》、BBC和Discovery探索频道等知名媒体报道，是英国乃至世界不可或缺的研究“不正常人格”的专家。

Lin Yutang (October 10, 1895 – March 26, 1976) was a Chinese writer and inventor. His informal but polished style in both Chinese and English made him one of the most influential writers of his generation, and his compilations and translations of classic Chinese texts into English were bestsellers in the West.

伯特兰·罗素(1872—1970)，英国著名的哲学家、数学家、文学家和社会活动家，先后执教于剑桥大学、哈佛大学、芝加哥大学、加州大学等世界知名高等学府，是20世纪西方社会最著名且拥有最广泛读者的思想大师，被称为“世纪的智者”。爱因斯坦曾说：“阅读罗素的作品，是我一生中最快乐的时光之一。”60年代罗素曾将他的巨著《西方哲学史》一书寄赠给中国伟人毛泽东，而《西方的智慧》正是在此基础上勾勒新意，笔耕而成。