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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... thing is having a drink after work with your friends. Work itself—challenging, rewarding, and secure employment—also contributes greatly to happiness. Commuting, however, makes us miserable. Well, almost all of us; 4 percent of ...
... thing is having a drink after work with your friends. Work itself—challenging, rewarding, and secure employment—also contributes greatly to happiness. Commuting, however, makes us miserable. Well, almost all of us; 4 percent of ...
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... thing called happiness? The scientists and the social scientists do not stop to ask the question because they presume to know its answer. Happiness is... well, it's just “feeling good—enjoying life and wanting the feeling to be ...
... thing called happiness? The scientists and the social scientists do not stop to ask the question because they presume to know its answer. Happiness is... well, it's just “feeling good—enjoying life and wanting the feeling to be ...
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... things happen to blameless people. If the universe is unjust, how can anyone be sure of finding happiness? The question is grievously perennial. Job, the suffering servant of the Hebrew God, asked much the same. The anguished Seneca ...
... things happen to blameless people. If the universe is unjust, how can anyone be sure of finding happiness? The question is grievously perennial. Job, the suffering servant of the Hebrew God, asked much the same. The anguished Seneca ...
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... thing that he possessed, including his own life. But one thing has survived: the pattern of Seneca's noble life, and that belongs to posterity. Ghazali In Baghdad, toward the end of the eleventh century, an acclaimed Islamic scholar ...
... thing that he possessed, including his own life. But one thing has survived: the pattern of Seneca's noble life, and that belongs to posterity. Ghazali In Baghdad, toward the end of the eleventh century, an acclaimed Islamic scholar ...
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... things, little connects a Greek 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 ...
... things, little connects a Greek 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 ...
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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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