A Brief History of Happiness
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A Brief History of Happiness

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A Brief History of Happiness

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About This Book

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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Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell
Year
2008
ISBN
9781405153126
Edition
1
Topic
Philosophie
Subtopic
Geschichte & Theorie der Philosophie

Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Preface
  3. 1 Introducing the Concept
  4. 2 Conflicts, Perspectives, and the Identification of Happiness
  5. 3 Pleasure, Hedonism, and the Measurement of Happiness
  6. 4 Happiness as Structure and Harmony
  7. 5 Morality, Happiness, and Conflict
  8. 6 Happiness, Fact, and Value
  9. 7 Doing without the Concept
  10. Glossary and List of Historical Figures
  11. Bibliography
  12. Index