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THE SECRETS OF HAPPINESS: THREE THOUSAND YEARS OF By Richard Schoch - Hardcover
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- Book Title
- Secrets of Happiness : Three Thousand Years of Searching for the Good Life
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- Publication Year
- 2006
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- Personal Growth / Happiness, General
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The Secrets of Happinessis a philosophical inquiry into the nature of happiness. Combining wit, warmth, and intellectual authority, this book offers us ancient wisdom for modern living. Richard Schoch shows readers how they can enrich their lives by recovering the ancient philosophical and religious traditions of happiness--and then putting them to work in their own lives today. In a journey across cultures and centuries--from the trials of Job to the Meditations of Marcus Aurelius, and from Buddha's Four Noble Truths to the ecstasy of medieval Sufi mystics--Schoch answers questions that, although fundamental to our well-being, are rarely asked: what kind of effort does it take to be happy? do you have a right to be happy? can you be happy if others are unhappy? Although Schoch finds that there is no single answer to these questions, he argues that every strategy for happiness can be placed in one of four categories: Living for Pleasure, Conquering Desire, Transcending Reason, and Enduring Suffering. (The book is divided into these four parts.)The one thing that these disparate strategies do share is that each takes effort. Happiness, Schoch posits, is never an end-point; it is instead "a joyful struggle."
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0743292928
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Book Title
Secrets of Happiness : Three Thousand Years of Searching for the Good Life
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Personal Growth / Happiness, General
Publication Year
2006
Genre
Self-Help, Religion, Philosophy
Number of Pages
256 Pages
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Item Length
0.9 in
Item Height
7.3 in
Item Width
5.8 in
Item Weight
10.1 Oz
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Bj1481.S36 2006
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"Hugely enjoyable." -- Julian Baggini, author of "What's It All About?: Philosophy and the Meaning of Life", "Hugely enjoyable."-- Julian Baggini, author ofWhat's It All About?: Philosophy and the Meaning of Life, "An intellectual exploration of the best kind, a rigorous dusting downof ideas compelling us to think harder and better about what is life'smost precious prize." -- "The Sunday Telegraph", "Hugely enjoyable." -- Julian Baggini, author ofWhat's It All About?: Philosophy and the Meaning of Life, "An intellectual exploration of the best kind, a rigorous dusting downof ideas compelling us to think harder and better about what is life'smost precious prize."--The Sunday Telegraph
Table of Content
Contents Introduction Part I: Living for Pleasure 1. The Greatest Happiness (The Utilitarians)2. Pleasure Is Good (The Epicureans) Part II: Conquering Desire 3. Get Busy with Your Works (Hinduism)4. The Enlightened One (Buddhism) Part III: Transcending Reason 5. Only in Heaven (Christianity)6. The Alchemy of Happiness (Islam) Part IV: Enduring Suffering 7. It's All in Your Mind (The Stoics)8. The Hidden Face of God (Judaism)ConclusionAcknowledgmentsNotesBibliographyIndex
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2006
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2006-044375
Dewey Decimal
170
Dewey Edition
22
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