Rediscover one of Fulton J. Sheen’s earliest and most thought-provoking works in this carefully prepared EPUB eBook edition of The Life of All Living: The Philosophy of Life.

First published in 1929, this remarkable book reveals the intellectual and spiritual foundations of the priest who would later become one of the most beloved Catholic teachers of the twentieth century. Long before Life Is Worth Living made him famous to millions, Sheen was already writing with the wit, clarity, paradox, and deeply Christ-centered vision that would define his ministry.

Beginning with the deceptively simple question “What is life?”, Sheen traces an extraordinary order through creation. The mineral serves the plant, the plant serves the animal, and the animal world is gathered into human life. Yet human life itself points beyond the natural order toward a higher and perfect Life—God.

Across six major sections, Sheen explores the fecundity of life, growth and nourishment, sacrifice and mortification, spiritual death, grace, the Eucharist, and the ultimate unity of creation in Jesus Christ. His reflections move seamlessly between philosophy, theology, Scripture, nature, poetry, history, and everyday experience, making profound ideas vivid and memorable.

At the heart of the book is one of Sheen’s enduring themes: that love and sacrifice are inseparable. The seed must fall before it rises. The lower gives itself for the higher. Good Friday leads to Easter Sunday. And the whole created order, when properly understood, points beyond itself toward Christ.

This new edition has been carefully restored from the original text, using the January 1929 first printing as the primary textual authority and consulting later early printings to correct evident typographical errors while preserving Sheen’s original language and argument.

The EPUB format provides a comfortable reflowable reading experience, allowing you to adjust text size and display settings on compatible eReaders, tablets, phones, and reading apps.

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A portion of the proceeds from this edition benefits the Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen Foundation, helping support its work to preserve and advance the legacy of Fulton J. Sheen.