TY - BOOK AU - Bok,Sissela TI - Exploring happiness: from Aristotle to brain science SN - 9780300139297 (cl : alk. paper) AV - BJ1481 .B64 2010 U1 - 170 22 PY - 2010/// CY - New Haven [Conn.] PB - Yale University Press KW - Happiness KW - History N1 - 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 N2 - 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 ER -