Midlife
by Kieran Setiya · first published 2017
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I read the book Midlife: A Philosophical Guide by Kieran Setiya. I found it interesting and helpful. https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691173931/mi...
on “Never waste your midlife crisis” ↗I just got a new book on this subject: Midlife: A Philosophical Guide, by Kieran Setiya (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Midlife-Philosophical-Guide-Kieran-...). Not got too far into it, but I like it so far.
on “Obituary for a quiet life (2023)” ↗…music-making as what I’ll call a “purely telic” activity. (I’m drawing on the MIT philosopher Kieran Setiya’s discussion of “telic” activities here, telos as in “end” or “goal”, in his excellent book Midlife.) A purely telic activity is one directed at a terminal state of having done something (the “telic” part), where the activity has no value beyond that of achieving the terminal state (the “purely” part).…
on “The Moral Case for Human Music” ↗I like this quote: In this sense, Setiya believes, “Midlife” is about middle age, but middle age just represents a more acute stage of existential insecurity that is always present. Makes me wonder, what does existential security look like, because the quote…
on “Midlife: A Philosophical Guide” ↗Anyone else wanting to search for the book "Midlife" -- it seems to be this one, by Kieran Setiya (full title: "Midlife: A Philosophical Guide"): https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34427017-midlife
on “Four Thousand Weeks” ↗