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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... 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 relentlessly inflicted on him and the seductive charms of good fortune. So often, and perhaps more than we ...
... 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 relentlessly inflicted on him and the seductive charms of good fortune. So often, and perhaps more than we ...
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... goal in a soccer game, swimming in the ocean (Camus thought this was one of the most intense forms of happiness he had ever known), or being swept up and carried away by a rapturous piece of music. These are the kinds of incidents that ...
... goal in a soccer game, swimming in the ocean (Camus thought this was one of the most intense forms of happiness he had ever known), or being swept up and carried away by a rapturous piece of music. These are the kinds of incidents that ...
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... goal of your life, my life, and everyone else's. But it was also Aristotle who owned up to the disconcerting fact that happiness does not come to us easily. Just as “one swallow does not make a summer,” he reasoned, one pleasant day ...
... goal of your life, my life, and everyone else's. But it was also Aristotle who owned up to the disconcerting fact that happiness does not come to us easily. Just as “one swallow does not make a summer,” he reasoned, one pleasant day ...
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... goal. Or, to use Marcus's image, becoming happy is like winning a wrestling match. Epicurus, Seneca, and Ghazali all knew something about wrestling for happiness, about winning a better life for themselves in circumstances not in their ...
... goal. Or, to use Marcus's image, becoming happy is like winning a wrestling match. Epicurus, Seneca, and Ghazali all knew something about wrestling for happiness, about winning a better life for themselves in circumstances not in their ...
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U této knihy jste dosáhli svého limitního počtu zobrazení..
U této knihy jste dosáhli svého limitního počtu zobrazení..
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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 |
The Secrets of Happiness: Three Thousand Years of Searching for the Good Life Richard W. Schoch Náhled není k dispozici. - 2007 |
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