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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... mainly in Western culture, has happiness been divorced, for some people, from faith, religion, and spirituality. So here THE SECRETS OF HAPPINESS 4 at the outset we find Schoch_Secrets_1-232_PTR 8/31/06 11:04AM Page 3.
... mainly in Western culture, has happiness been divorced, for some people, from faith, religion, and spirituality. So here THE SECRETS OF HAPPINESS 4 at the outset we find Schoch_Secrets_1-232_PTR 8/31/06 11:04AM Page 3.
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... spiritual crisis. It turned out to be the first step in his quest for happiness, a quest that would take him to distant lands over many years. At the height of his worldly success Ghazali realized, to his shame, that he was too much ...
... spiritual crisis. It turned out to be the first step in his quest for happiness, a quest that would take him to distant lands over many years. At the height of his worldly success Ghazali realized, to his shame, that he was too much ...
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... spiritual crisis not through his own strength but through a transcendent one: the light of God shining into his heart. Ghazali's crisis coincided with his introduction to Sufism, the mystical side of Islam that preaches neither doctrine ...
... spiritual crisis not through his own strength but through a transcendent one: the light of God shining into his heart. Ghazali's crisis coincided with his introduction to Sufism, the mystical side of Islam that preaches neither doctrine ...
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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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