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Exploring happiness : from Aristotle to brain science / Sissela Bok.

By: Publication details: New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press, c2010.Description: 218 p. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9780300139297 (cl : alk. paper)
  • 0300139292
  • 9780300178104 (pbk.)
  • 0300178107 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 170 22
LOC classification:
  • BJ1481 .B64 2010
Contents:
Luck -- Experience -- Discordant Definitions -- "On The Happy Life" -- Measurement -- Beyond Temperament -- Is Lasting Happiness Achievable? -- Illusion -- The Scope Of Happiness.
Summary: Examines the nature of happiness, discussing how it has been treated in philosophy and religion and by the modern disciplines of psychology, economics, and neurocience, and considers the place of indivdual happiness within the context of modern life.
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Book Book NMC Library Stacks BJ1481 .B64 2010 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 33039001221901

Includes bibliographical references (p.[179]-202) and index.

Luck -- Experience -- Discordant Definitions -- "On The Happy Life" -- Measurement -- Beyond Temperament -- Is Lasting Happiness Achievable? -- Illusion -- The Scope Of Happiness.

Examines the nature of happiness, discussing how it has been treated in philosophy and religion and by the modern disciplines of psychology, economics, and neurocience, and considers the place of indivdual happiness within the context of modern life.

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