about how

[James Bonde]

[FONT=&quot]The story I have to tell is about how, in the words of William James, “the deepest human life is everywhere.” The coordinates of a meaningful life — the stars, in my analogy — are there for any of us to see and puzzle out.[/FONT]（From The Deepest Human Life by Scott Samuelson）

Does “how” here mean “that” or “why”？

 

[GoesStation]

Neither. It means the way in which.

 

[teechar]

The story I have to tell is about how , in the words of William James, “ the deepest human life is everywhere .”

Does that help?

 

[Rover_KE]

No offence, James, but I hope nobody's forcing you to read this book.

The Deepest Human Life is an elegantly written, impassioned, and sometimes disjointed plea on behalf of philosophy. Author Scott Samuelson, a philosophy professor at Kirkwood Community College in Iowa City, invokes poets, novelists, and theologians to defend the dialectical process that Socrates imparted, obliquely arguing that no matter who you are or what you are doing, self-examination will enrich your world and nurture “the deepest human life.”

(A review by Gordon Marino)

Perhaps you're enjoying it, but it's all Greek to me (no offence to Greeks).

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

No offence, James, but I hope nobody's forcing you to read this book.

(A review by Gordon Marino)

Perhaps you're enjoying it, but it's all Greek to me (no offence to Greeks).

I had a boss who started sentences with "No offense, but . . . ." and finished them with something offensive.

Why is that?