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The Secrets of Happiness: Three Thousand Yea... 9780743292931 by Schoch, Richard
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- Condition
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- Seller Notes
- “Used - Like New”
- ISBN
- 9780743292931
- Book Title
- Secrets of Happiness : Three Thousand Years of Searching for the Good Life
- Item Length
- 8 in
- Publisher
- Scribner
- Publication Year
- 2008
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 0.7 in
- Genre
- Self-Help, Religion, Philosophy
- Topic
- Personal Growth / Happiness, General
- Item Width
- 5 in
- Item Weight
- 8.3 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 224 Pages
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The Secrets of Happiness is 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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Publisher
Scribner
ISBN-10
0743292936
ISBN-13
9780743292931
eBay Product ID (ePID)
66866347
Product Key Features
Book Title
Secrets of Happiness : Three Thousand Years of Searching for the Good Life
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Personal Growth / Happiness, General
Publication Year
2008
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Self-Help, Religion, Philosophy
Number of Pages
224 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
8 in
Item Height
0.7 in
Item Width
5 in
Item Weight
8.3 Oz
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"An intellectual exploration of the best kind, a rigorous dusting down of ideas compelling us to think harder and better about what is life's most precious prize." -- The Sunday Telegraph, "Hugely enjoyable." -- Julian Baggini, author of What's It All About?: Philosophy and the Meaning of Life
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Dewey Decimal
170
Dewey Edition
22
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