It is no accident that the first book written in the history of mankind in the 18th century BC, Gilgamesh’s Epic, tells of the awful suffering that takes hold of humans when death comes to take away from them. Since then, wise men, theologians, and philosophers have constantly offered answers, seeing solutions in the face of this rift. In this release, Luc Ferry exposes and analyzes in as clear and precise a manner as possible what the Jews, the Greek philosophers, the Buddhists, and the Christians believe about life’s only certainty- death. He also proposes a history of love and philosophical categories that try to identify the meaning and scope of our lives. Luc Ferry is a French philosopher and proponent of secular humanism. He has taught at the Institut d’etudes politiques de Lyon, Caen University, and Paris Diderot University.
