The Wild Longing of the Human Heart

The Wild Longing of the Human Heart
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Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages : 107
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ISBN-10 : 9780761866961
ISBN-13 : 0761866965
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Book Synopsis The Wild Longing of the Human Heart by : William Cooney

Download or read book The Wild Longing of the Human Heart written by William Cooney and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2015-12-01 with total page 107 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The search for happiness has been an enduring quest for us all. The greatest minds from history--Plato, Aristotle, Epicurus, Rousseau, Kant, Mill, Gandhi, Einstein and many others—all confirm that happiness is the one thing we all crave after. The Wild Longing of the Human Heart is divided into two parts. Part one examines the brief history of happiness which has not always meant exactly the same thing to all cultures and individuals, and then moves on to summarize the latest information from the areas of brain science as well as the field of positive psychology. Part two proposes that it is not happiness (in the psycho-physiological sense of something like tranquility) which is the true goal of human living. Rather, the true goal of the “wild longing” is a meaningful life, guided by the search for truth, beauty and goodness.


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