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

By:

Bok, Sissela

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):

Happiness -- History

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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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.