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Philosophies of happiness : a comparative introduction to the flourishing life /

What does it mean to be truly happy? Diana Lobel provides a rich spectrum of arguments for a theory of happiness as flourishing or well-being, offering a global, cross-cultural, and interdisciplinary perspective on how to create a vital, fulfilling, and significant life. Drawing upon perspectives fr...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Lobel, Diana (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [2017]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Aristotle : The Life of Engaged Activity
  • 2. Epicurus : Happiness Is Pleasure
  • 3. Confucian Happiness : Ritual, Humaneness, Music, and Joy
  • 4. Daoism : Attentive Awareness and Effortless Ease of Action (Wu-Wei)
  • 5. The Bhagavad Gītā : Non-attached Action and the Universal Spirit
  • 6. St. Augustine : The Happy Life of the Soul
  • 7. Maimonides : The Joy of Learning, Prayer, and Devotion
  • 8. The Sufi Path of Love in ʻAṭṭār's Conference of the Birds
  • 9. Mindfulness, East and West
  • 10. Dōgen's Sōtō Zen and Shunryu Suzuki's Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind
  • 11. Creative Engagement and the Art of Living.