The Secrets of Happiness: Three Thousand Years of Searching for the Good LifeSimon and Schuster, 14. 11. 2006 - Počet stran: 256 Unhappy is the story of happiness. More than two thousand years ago, when the ancient Greeks first pondered what constitutes "the good life," happiness was considered a civic virtue that demanded a lifetime's cultivation. Not just mere enjoyment of pleasure and mere avoidance of suffering, true happiness was an achievement, not a birthright. Now, in an age of instant gratification and infinite distraction, history professor Richard Schoch takes a refreshingly contemplative look at a question that's as vital today as ever: What does it mean to be happy? Schoch consults some of history's greatest thinkers -- from Aristotle to Thomas Aquinas to Buddha -- in his quest to understand happiness in all its hard-won forms. Packed with three thousand years' worth of insights, many long forgotten, The Secrets of Happiness is a breath of ancient wisdom for anyone who yearns for the good life. |
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... Seneca In Córdoba, Spain, a few years before the birth of Jesus Christ, was born the greatest expositor of Roman Stoicism. His name was Lucius Annaeus Seneca (4 b.c.–a.d. 65). The talented son of a prominent father, he was educated in ...
... Seneca In Córdoba, Spain, a few years before the birth of Jesus Christ, was born the greatest expositor of Roman Stoicism. His name was Lucius Annaeus Seneca (4 b.c.–a.d. 65). The talented son of a prominent father, he was educated in ...
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... Seneca had committed adultery with the emperor's own niece. Eventually, Seneca was restored to his position at the imperial court, where he exercised vast powers and amassed great riches under the rule of the next emperor, the infamous ...
... Seneca had committed adultery with the emperor's own niece. Eventually, Seneca was restored to his position at the imperial court, where he exercised vast powers and amassed great riches under the rule of the next emperor, the infamous ...
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... Seneca calmly awaited a fate whose horrible course he was powerless to alter. Throughout life, his goal had been to harness the mind's rational powers so that he might withstand both the injuries that had been so unfairly and so ...
... Seneca calmly awaited a fate whose horrible course he was powerless to alter. Throughout life, his goal had been to harness the mind's rational powers so that he might withstand both the injuries that had been so unfairly and so ...
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... Seneca, and Ghazali seem to defy nearly every attempt at pattern detection. Certainly no pattern is detectable in location: a walled garden outside ancient Athens, the court of the Emperor Introduction 11 Nero, and a mosque in Damascus ...
... Seneca, and Ghazali seem to defy nearly every attempt at pattern detection. Certainly no pattern is detectable in location: a walled garden outside ancient Athens, the court of the Emperor Introduction 11 Nero, and a mosque in Damascus ...
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... Seneca worshipped the Roman equivalent of the Greek deities, but he did not call on them in his moment of need. On the face of things, little connects a Greek philosopher with a cult following of prostitutes, a Roman civil servant ...
... Seneca worshipped the Roman equivalent of the Greek deities, but he did not call on them in his moment of need. On the face of things, little connects a Greek philosopher with a cult following of prostitutes, a Roman civil servant ...
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Pleasure Is Good The Epicureans | 46 |
CONQUERING DESIRE | 67 |
The Enlightened One Buddhism | 93 |
TRANSCENDING REASON | 115 |
The Alchemy of Happiness Islam | 141 |
Contents | 142 |
ENDURING SUFFERING | 167 |
The Hidden Face of God Judaism | 192 |
Conclusion | 209 |
Bibliography | 223 |
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The Secrets of Happiness: Three Thousand Years of Searching for the Good Life Richard Schoch Náhled není k dispozici. - 2008 |
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