Gordon Marino is professor of philosophy and director of the Hong/Kierkegaard Library at St. Olaf College. His most recent book is The Existentialist’s Survival Guide: How to Live Authentically in an Inauthentic Age (HarperOne). Also by this author The Why & the How Get Commonweal's latest, delivered twice weekly. Email address Published in the 2004-05-21 issue: View Contents Most Recent Lenderman's Men By Burke Nixon October 14, 2024 Consider the Zoo By Kate Lucky October 13, 2024 Maps of Meaning By Alexander Stern October 12, 2024