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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... truth, our own stories. Within them, we find not enigmatic figures from an alien past, but magnified—magnificent ... truths about the pursuit of happiness. (In the Epicurean manner, I'll phrase them as proverbs.) And that in itself will ...
... truth, our own stories. Within them, we find not enigmatic figures from an alien past, but magnified—magnificent ... truths about the pursuit of happiness. (In the Epicurean manner, I'll phrase them as proverbs.) And that in itself will ...
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... truth? We should not decide such things blindly (yet how often we do just that); we should decide them in light of how we understand our life in its entirety. We should think about what we want our life to be like, and then we should ...
... truth? We should not decide such things blindly (yet how often we do just that); we should decide them in light of how we understand our life in its entirety. We should think about what we want our life to be like, and then we should ...
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... truth, dependent on—the happiness of others. Happiness may, and probably will, begin with pleasurable feelings, but it will also go well beyond them because happiness isn't really about feeling good—it's about being good. The problem is ...
... truth, dependent on—the happiness of others. Happiness may, and probably will, begin with pleasurable feelings, but it will also go well beyond them because happiness isn't really about feeling good—it's about being good. The problem is ...
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... truth about the search for happiness. The truth is that being dissatisfied is a necessary step, the first step, toward being happy. When I set out to explore happiness I didn't know what I would find. That's what it means to explore ...
... truth about the search for happiness. The truth is that being dissatisfied is a necessary step, the first step, toward being happy. When I set out to explore happiness I didn't know what I would find. That's what it means to explore ...
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... Truths, to cite just a few works of ancient wisdom about happiness, could be compressed into one single idea about the good life. “Happy families are all alike,” Tolstoy wrote in the famous first line of Anna Karenina. He got it pretty ...
... Truths, to cite just a few works of ancient wisdom about happiness, could be compressed into one single idea about the good life. “Happy families are all alike,” Tolstoy wrote in the famous first line of Anna Karenina. He got it pretty ...
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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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