Human beings often feel alone or out of place in a strange and sometimes hostile world. We can feel dwarfed in the vastness of space, in the wilds of our own planet, and in the great scale of time that will continue long after we’re dead and forgotten. This course will explore different philosophical responses to this feeling of strangeness and exile that often besets human beings. Treating philosophy primarily as a way of life, we will investigate philosophical responses to the meaning of life, and take a critical approach to the ways philosophy has placed us in the world.