The Meaning of Things

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The Meaning of Things: Applying Philosophy to Life

Author	A. C. Grayling
Language	English
Publisher	Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Publication date	August 9, 2001
Media type	Print
Pages	196
ISBN	978-0297607588

The Meaning of Things: Applying Philosophy to Life, published in the U.S. as Meditations for the Humanist: Ethics for a Secular Age, is a book by A. C. Grayling. First published in 2001, the work offers popular treatments of philosophical reasoning, weaving together ideas from various writers and traditions. It consists of short essays on a variety of subjects which, although deeply rooted in philosophy, are everyday phenomena encountered, recognized, and understood by everyone. The brief essays in the volume were originally published as installments in Grayling's "The Last Word" column in The Guardian.