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