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Pages: 206
Authors: Nicholas P. White
Categories: Philosophy
Type: BOOK - Published: 2008-06-09 - Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

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In this brief history, philosopher Nicholas White reviews 2,500 years of philosophical thought about happiness. Addresses key questions such as: What is happine
Happiness
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Pages: 572
Authors: Darrin M. McMahon
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2006 - Publisher: Grove Press

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An intellectual history of man's most elusive yet coveted goal. Today, we think of happiness as a natural right, but people haven't always felt this way. Histor
Happiness in World History
Language: en
Pages: 227
Authors: Peter N. Stearns
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-12-29 - Publisher: Routledge

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Happiness in World History traces ideas and experiences of happiness from early stages in human history, to the maturation of agricultural societies and their r
A Private History of Happiness: 99 Moments of Joy from Around the World
Language: en
Pages: 256
Authors: George Myerson
Categories: Happiness
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-02-07 - Publisher: Anima

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From the bliss of lingering in a warm bed on a winter morning, to a bracing springtime walk by the seaside, A Private History of Happinessoffers the reader a we
The Pursuit of Happiness in the Founding Era
Language: en
Pages: 215
Authors: Carli N. Conklin
Categories: Philosophy
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-03-20 - Publisher: University of Missouri Press

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Scholars have long debated the meaning of the pursuit of happiness, yet have tended to define it narrowly, focusing on a single intellectual tradition, and on t