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. |
Vyhledávání v knize
Strana 1
... happiness. More than two thousand years ago, when the ancient Greeks first thought about what constitutes “the good life,” happiness was a civic virtue that demanded a lifetime's cultivation. Now, it's everybody's birthright: swallow a ...
... happiness. More than two thousand years ago, when the ancient Greeks first thought about what constitutes “the good life,” happiness was a civic virtue that demanded a lifetime's cultivation. Now, it's everybody's birthright: swallow a ...
Strana 2
... happiness, technicians download these data and then plot a graph showing each participant's happiness peaks and troughs over time. In case the guinea pigs have tried to outfox their masters—pretending to be happier or unhappier than ...
... happiness, technicians download these data and then plot a graph showing each participant's happiness peaks and troughs over time. In case the guinea pigs have tried to outfox their masters—pretending to be happier or unhappier than ...
Strana 3
... happiness has not been solved by the palmtop experience sampling. Although the psychologists and the economists offered no satisfactory definition of happiness, they did provide, however unwittingly, a vital clue to its whereabouts. In ...
... happiness has not been solved by the palmtop experience sampling. Although the psychologists and the economists offered no satisfactory definition of happiness, they did provide, however unwittingly, a vital clue to its whereabouts. In ...
Strana 4
... happiness? Why should an atheist bother to read the works of an Islamic mystic? In writing this book, I have assumed ... happiness too parochially, we will succeed only in denying ourselves something of value. Like all great ideas, those ...
... happiness? Why should an atheist bother to read the works of an Islamic mystic? In writing this book, I have assumed ... happiness too parochially, we will succeed only in denying ourselves something of value. Like all great ideas, those ...
Strana 6
... happiness, but here's the twist: he defined pleasure not as sensual indulgence—touching this, tasting that—but as the absence of desire. That's where his innumerable critics (Cicero, honorably apart) got him wrong. True pleasure ...
... happiness, but here's the twist: he defined pleasure not as sensual indulgence—touching this, tasting that—but as the absence of desire. That's where his innumerable critics (Cicero, honorably apart) got him wrong. True pleasure ...
Obsah
1 | |
23 | |
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 |
Další vydání - Zobrazit všechny
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 |
Běžně se vyskytující výrazy a sousloví
action Alchemy of Happiness ancient Aquinas Aristotle Arjuna become believed Bentham Bhagavad Gita bhakti yoga Buddha Buddhism called centuries Cicero death desire detachment divine else’s Enlightened One Buddhism Epicureans Epicurus evil experience faith feel find happiness freedom Ghazali Gita goal God’s Greatest Happiness Greek Happiness Islam Happiness The Utilitarians Heaven Christianity Hindu Hinduism hoopoe human imagination jnana yoga Job’s journey karma karma yoga knowledge Krishna life’s lives man’s Marcus means Meditations Menoeceus Mill Mind The Stoics moral mystic never nirvana Nizamiyya one’s ourselves path to happiness perfect person philosopher piness pleasures and pains question rational reality reason religious renounce ritual Roman search for happiness SECRETS OF HAPPINESS Seneca Siddhartha Simurgh someone spiritual Stockdale Stoicism story suffering Sufi Sufism Summa Summa Theologiae teaching tells things tion tradition trans true truth ultimate Utilitarians virtue virtuous vision wisdom words worldly