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Stories We Tell Ourselves

Making Meaning in a Meaningless Universe

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Throughout history we have told ourselves stories to try and make sense of what it all means: our place in a small corner of one of billions of galaxies, at the end of billions of years of existence. In this new book Richard Holloway takes us on a personal, scientific and philosophical journey to explore what he believes the answers to the biggest of questions are. He examines what we know about the universe into which - without any choice in the matter - we are propelled at birth and from which we are expelled at death, the stories we have told about where we come from and the stories we tell to get through this muddling experience of life.

Thought-provoking, revelatory, compassionate and playful, Stories We Tell Ourselves is a personal reckoning with life's mysteries by one of the most important and beloved thinkers of our time.

©2020 Richard Holloway (P)2020 Canongate Books Ltd Thought-Provoking World
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Mr. Holloway’s thoughts are much like my own. We are just dopey primates with anxiety searching for meaning. We are the virus we suffer from. So if you are so inclined to need meaning for it all, just pick a story you like that explains it to you, harm none, and be kind.

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This is the second book by this author i have read, and I will find a third. This was denser than the first, I found I had to rewind key topics, but very much worth it. I will go back and listen to it again. For anyone interested in religion, regardless of your faith, this is a must listen. And the fact he reads it himself, only adds to it.

Highly recommend

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I have been in a kind of a bad head space for awhile. I'm usually open minded about what a believe but i got myself to a point were nothing mattered. i just want to say your book helped me get back to a good place were a feel I can be happy with the story I tell myself.

thank you for your story.

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This book is a rather enlightening look into the stories we tell ourselves and how an agnostic person still finds a way to be a Christian. I feel rather sympathetic to the author. facing the delema of being a Christian and not, but not commiting to either.

A good book for those wondering about religion, Christ, and atheism through an interesting lense.

A rather enlightening into living

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I needed this book so much. Richard's kindness, compassion, and thoughtfulness quieted my heart for the first time in months. Thank you.

Balm for a Weary Soul

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