The Secrets of Happiness

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  • The Secrets of Happiness Book Detail

  • Author : Richard Schoch
  • Release Date : 2006-11-14
  • Publisher : Simon and Schuster
  • Genre : Self-Help
  • Pages : 257
  • ISBN 13 : 0743298446
  • File Size : 47,47 MB

The Secrets of Happiness by Richard Schoch PDF Summary

Book Description: Unhappy is the story of happiness. More than two thousand years ago, when the ancient Greeks first pondered what constitutes "the good life," happiness was considered a civic virtue that demanded a lifetime's cultivation. Not just mere enjoyment of pleasure and mere avoidance of suffering, true happiness was an achievement, not a birthright. Now, in an age of instant gratification and infinite distraction, history professor Richard Schoch takes a refreshingly contemplative look at a question that's as vital today as ever: What does it mean to be happy? Schoch consults some of history's greatest thinkers -- from Aristotle to Thomas Aquinas to Buddha -- in his quest to understand happiness in all its hard-won forms. Packed with three thousand years' worth of insights, many long forgotten, The Secrets of Happiness is a breath of ancient wisdom for anyone who yearns for the good life.

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