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A brief history of happiness

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BLACKWELL PUBL, 2006 - Philosophy - 194 pages
In this brief history, philosopher Nicholas White reviews 2,500 years of philosophical thought about happiness.

  • Addresses key questions such as: What is happiness? Should happiness play such a dominant role in our lives? How can we deal with conflicts between the various things that make us happy?
  • Considers the ways in which major thinkers from antiquity to the modern day have treated happiness: from Plato's notion of the harmony of the soul, through to Nietzsche's championing of conflict over harmony.
  • Relates questions about happiness to ethics and to practical philosophy.

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A survey of philosophical attempts to grapple with the idea of happiness. I have enough familiarity with enough of the authors name-checked here to see that White does a fair job of articulating and ... Read full review

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About the author (2006)

Nicholas P. White is Professor of Philosophy at the University of California, Irvine.

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TitleA brief history of happiness
Brief Histories of Philosophy Series
AuthorNicholas P. White
Editionillustrated, revised
PublisherBLACKWELL PUBL, 2006
ISBN140511519X, 9781405115193
Length194 pages
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Philosophy / Ethics & Moral Philosophy
Psychology / Emotions
  
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