{"product_id":"the-best-things-in-life-a-contemporary-socrates-looks-at-power-pleasure-truth-the-good-life-9780877849223","title":"The Best Things in Life: A Contemporary Socrates Looks at Power, Pleasure, Truth the Good Life","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhat are the best things in life?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eQuestions like that may boggle your mind. But they don't boggle Socrates. The indomitable old Greek brings his unending questions to Desperate State University. With him come the same mind-opening and spirit-stretching challenge that disrupted ancient Athens.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhat is the purpose of education?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhy do we make love?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhat good is money?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCan computers think like people?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIs there a difference between Capitalism and Communism?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhat is the greatest good?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIs belief in God like belief in Santa Claus?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn twelve short, Socratic dialogues Peter Kreeft explodes contemporary values like success, power and pleasure. And he bursts the modern bubbles of agnosticism and subjectivism. He leaves you richer, wiser and more able to discern what the best things in life actually are.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePeter J. Kreeft (PhD, Fordham University) is professor of philosophy at Boston College where he has taught since 1965. A popular lecturer, he has also taught at many other colleges, seminaries and educational institutions in the eastern United States. Kreeft has written more than fifty books, including \u003ci\u003eThe Best Things in Life\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Journey\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHow to Win the Culture War\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eHandbook of Christian Apologetics\u003c\/i\u003e (with Ronald Tacelli).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"IVP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50615772184850,"sku":"9780877849223","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_ded5babf-fd2c-488b-b83a-b74487900e96.jpg?v=1732499107","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-best-things-in-life-a-contemporary-socrates-looks-at-power-pleasure-truth-the-good-life-9780877849223","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}