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标题：On the questions and struggles of everyday life and the people who live them. Interview with Jacob Needleman
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作者：Jesus A. Trevino'
期刊名称：Urbana : Urban Affairs and Public Policy
电子版ISSN：2151-1896
出版年度：1997
卷号：IV
期号：1
出版社：Urbana : Urban Affairs and Public Policy
摘要：TREVINO, J. A. 1997. On the questions and struggles of everyday life and the people who live them. Interview with Jacob Needleman. Urbana IV (1):28-38. Jacob Needleman was born October 6, 1934 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In his books -The Heart ofPhilosophy, Lost Christianity, Money and the Meaning of Life, A Little Book on Love, among others- Needleman invites us to be aware of ourselves in the midst of ordinary life. He illustrates his ideas with daily experiences. The philosopher reminds us that we are all the same. His self-recognition of human flaws is shaking. In Money and the Meaning of Life, Needleman quotes Donald Trump's autobiography to illustrate a man running away from his inner world. Needleman recognizes he mirrors that extreme case within himself: "How did you get inside me, Trump? I don't remember letting you in." Sadness and happiness occur simultaneously in human life in slightly different proportions, at different moments. Part of the art of living is to deal with these two extreme situations. The only thing of value in the world is the active soul that transmutes life into the art of living. Since this process is not unifonn for everybody, men perceive everyday experiences and each book differently. In this context, Alan Greenspan's comment about Money and the Meaning of Life applies to this interview: "This book (conversation) might be either too short or too long for the subject it deals with."