Pursuing Eudaimonia : re-appropriating the Greek philosophical foundations of the Christian apophatic tradition / Brendan Cook.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cook, Brendan.

Series:

Liverpool Hope University studies in ethics series ; 10

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Happiness--Religious aspects--Christianity--History of doctrines.

Happiness.

Positive psychology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (261 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Newcastle : Cambridge Scholars, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book offers an original account of an ancient, alternative form of 'negative' reason which stands in antithesis to its modern instrumental form which has dominated thinking about the pursuit of human development since the Enlightenment. It advances arguments for the recovery of such reason as a spiritual and therapeutic way of life and demonstrates that it is impossible to fully appreciate the Christian apophatic tradition without investigating the intricacies of its philosophical herita...

Contents:

CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CONCLUSION; ANCIENT GREEK PHILOSOPHY TIMELINE; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-4438-4675-9

OCLC:

830168041