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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... philosophers of Athens and in the East with the anonymous Hindu sages of the Axial Age. We can, with no exaggeration, call these traditions a secret, so unpracticed, if not obscured, have they become. Yet the secret will not resist our ...
... philosophers of Athens and in the East with the anonymous Hindu sages of the Axial Age. We can, with no exaggeration, call these traditions a secret, so unpracticed, if not obscured, have they become. Yet the secret will not resist our ...
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... philosopher in ancient Athens, he preached in the city's open marketplace, the agora, that the sole source of happiness is pleasure. (The ancient Greek word for pleasure was hedone,from which we derive the modern word “hedonist ...
... philosopher in ancient Athens, he preached in the city's open marketplace, the agora, that the sole source of happiness is pleasure. (The ancient Greek word for pleasure was hedone,from which we derive the modern word “hedonist ...
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... philosopher Epictetus branded him, was still being condemned for moral depravity. The fact of the matter is that Epicureanism, properly understood, promotes none of the self-indulgence and extravagance that have been so detrimentally ...
... philosopher Epictetus branded him, was still being condemned for moral depravity. The fact of the matter is that Epicureanism, properly understood, promotes none of the self-indulgence and extravagance that have been so detrimentally ...
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... philosopher with a cult following of prostitutes, a Roman civil servant forced to commit suicide, and a Persian scholar who traded books for mystic ecstasy. But the face of things is not the basis of things. When we look at the world's ...
... philosopher with a cult following of prostitutes, a Roman civil servant forced to commit suicide, and a Persian scholar who traded books for mystic ecstasy. But the face of things is not the basis of things. When we look at the world's ...
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... philosopher Robert Nozick described pleasurable experiences as “how life feels from the inside.”5 He meant, of course, the warmth, the glow, that radiates inside us when we enjoy life. Just think of that eloquent gesture of contemporary ...
... philosopher Robert Nozick described pleasurable experiences as “how life feels from the inside.”5 He meant, of course, the warmth, the glow, that radiates inside us when we enjoy life. Just think of that eloquent gesture of contemporary ...
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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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