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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... believed that we should embrace pleasure because Nature herself had planted within all of us the desire for it. In a fundamentally healthy way, pleasure is good. Still, Epicurus preferred to take his pleasures in private. Retreating ...
... believed that we should embrace pleasure because Nature herself had planted within all of us the desire for it. In a fundamentally healthy way, pleasure is good. Still, Epicurus preferred to take his pleasures in private. Retreating ...
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... believed that pleasure was the secret of happiness, but here's the twist: he defined pleasure not as sensual indulgence—touching this, tasting that—but as the absence of desire. That's where his innumerable critics (Cicero, honorably ...
... believed that pleasure was the secret of happiness, but here's the twist: he defined pleasure not as sensual indulgence—touching this, tasting that—but as the absence of desire. That's where his innumerable critics (Cicero, honorably ...
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... believed in the importance of leading a life that was worthwhile. In different ways, they all reflected on the shape, the character, of their lives as a whole. Out of that reflection dawned the insight that their lives, if they were to ...
... believed in the importance of leading a life that was worthwhile. In different ways, they all reflected on the shape, the character, of their lives as a whole. Out of that reflection dawned the insight that their lives, if they were to ...
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... believed himself. It takes a hardness of language to make the hard point that you have to keep working at happiness. You don't just arrive at a blissful destination and then stay there for the rest of your days. Happiness doesn't just ...
... believed himself. It takes a hardness of language to make the hard point that you have to keep working at happiness. You don't just arrive at a blissful destination and then stay there for the rest of your days. Happiness doesn't just ...
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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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