The Role of Fiction in the Well-Lived Life

Professor Joshua Landy, co-director of the Literature and Philosophy Initiative at Stanford, talks about his current research on the role that fiction plays in the well-lived life.

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[grunder20]

Fiction enhances our imagination. It boosts up our thoughts, perception and creative minds.

[agapitoflores001]

Going out of really sometimes makes us feel better and relieved from stress.

[dpthomas37]

this guy's a boss.

[vicruz]

i never thought of the parables that way. today, though the barrier to understanding is partly the heart of the person, not the parable as an insurmountable barrier. one seeks, one finds. pretty interesting though

a site about other reasons similar:

members.net-tech.com.au/sggram­/f664.htm