Exploring happiness : from Aristotle to brain science / Sissela Bok.
Publication details: New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press, c2010.Description: 218 p. ; 23 cmISBN:- 9780300139297 (cl : alk. paper)
- 0300139292
- 9780300178104 (pbk.)
- 0300178107 (pbk.)
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- BJ1481 .B64 2010
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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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