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

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Bok, Sissela.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Happiness--History.
Happiness.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (208 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
Place of Publication:
New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press, c2010.
Language Note:
English
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 individual happiness within the context of modern life.
Contents:
Luck
Experience
Discordant Definitions
"On The Happy Life"
Measurement
Beyond Temperament
Is Lasting Happiness Achievable?
Illusion
The Scope Of Happiness.
Notes:
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Includes bibliographical references (p.[179]-202) and index.
ISBN:
9780300168433
0300168438
OCLC:
805047279

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