The Atlantic’s happiness columnist on the scientific case for a spiritual dimension
 

Here’s the latest installment of “How to Build a Life,” a column published every Thursday in which Arthur C. Brooks tackles questions of meaning and happiness. Enjoy.

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There are more things in heaven and Earth than are dreamt of in a purely materialist philosophy.

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