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Can Music Teach Us How to Live?

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A Life Shaped by Utilitarianism

By Julia Wise

By Julia Wise

Ivan Aivazovsky, "Gathering Storm", 1899

Nietzsche on the Discipline of Suffering

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Albert Ederfelt, Sorrow, Variation of the Illustration for the Poem At the Fair of Vernamo

Oscar Wilde on Sorrow

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Georges Seurat, "Circus Sideshow (Parade de cirque)", 1888

Charles Taylor on Living Uniquely You

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Granville Redmond, "Talk on the Beach", 1931

Zadie Smith on Self-Actualization and the Pursuit of Happiness

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Ivan Aivazovsky, "Gathering Storm", 1899

Albert Ederfelt, Sorrow, Variation of the Illustration for the Poem At the Fair of Vernamo

Georges Seurat, "Circus Sideshow (Parade de cirque)", 1888

Granville Redmond, "Talk on the Beach", 1931

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What's Worth Wanting?

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Gao Qifeng and Zhang Kunyi, "Fishes in the Spring Pond", 1931, ink and color on paper, hanging scroll / Zhang Kunyi, "Growling Bear", 1944, ink and color on paper, hanging scroll

Mencius on Desire and Choosing Our Priorities

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Rabbi Shai Held on a Life Worth Living

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By Rabbi Shai Held with Miroslav Volf

“Vienna Genesis”, 6th century, Manuscript (Codex Vindobonensis theol. graec. 31), 333 x 270 mm, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Vienna

Judaism Is About Love

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People frolic on the grass and in a tree by the seaside. Francesco Paolo Michetti, "Springtime and Love", 1878.

Nietzsche on Saying Yes to Joy

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The Subhā Therīgāthā & Joyful Equanimity

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Beethoven in the clouds, with extra hair

Can Music Teach Us How to Live?

By Daniel Chua

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Hands giving and hands receiving

A Life Shaped by Utilitarianism

By Julia Wise

By Julia Wise

Ivan Aivazovsky, "Gathering Storm", 1899

Nietzsche on the Discipline of Suffering

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Willie Jennings on Righteous Indignation

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Arist Unknown, "Still Life—Flowers and Fruit in White and Pink Bowl", American, 1840–60

Peter Singer on Giving

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"Haudenosaunee Women", Photographer Unknown, Date Unknown

The Haudenosaunee Confederacy on Responsibility to Future Generations

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Thomas Anshutz, "The Way They Live", 1879

Delores Williams on the Danger of Glorified Suffering

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Albert Ederfelt, Sorrow, Variation of the Illustration for the Poem At the Fair of Vernamo

Oscar Wilde on Sorrow

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Jacques Louis David, "The Death of Socrates", 1787

Socrates on Responsibility to the City

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Artist Unknown, "Shamsa Medallion", Iran, 16th/17th century

Al-Ghazali on Trusting God's Benevolence

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Envisioning a world where deep reflection on the good life is central to education and public discourse.

The Life Worth Living program of the Yale Center for Faith & Culture at Yale Divinity School equips students, educators, and the public for the lifelong pursuit of the good life by engaging the world’s philosophical, cultural, and religious traditions.

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Thomas Anshutz, "The Way They Live", 1879

Delores Williams on the Danger of Glorified Suffering

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James Baldwin on Embracing Suffering & Each Other

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Ivan Aivazovsky, "Gathering Storm", 1899

Nietzsche on the Discipline of Suffering

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Albert Ederfelt, Sorrow, Variation of the Illustration for the Poem At the Fair of Vernamo

Oscar Wilde on Sorrow

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Arist Unknown, "Still Life—Flowers and Fruit in White and Pink Bowl", American, 1840–60

Peter Singer on Giving

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