Nicholas P. White

A Brief History of Happiness (eBook, PDF)

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Produktbeschreibung

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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Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Mai 2008
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781405153126
• Artikelnr.: 38280612

Autorenporträt

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

Inhaltsangabe

Preface vii
1 Introducing the Concept 1
2 Conflicts, Perspectives, and the Identification of Happiness 6
3 Pleasure, Hedonism, and the Measurement of Happiness 41
4 Happiness as Structure and Harmony 75
5 Morality, Happiness, and Conflict 116
6 Happiness, Fact, and Value 142
7 Doing without the Concept 162
Glossary and List of Historical Figures 175
Bibliography 181
Index 187

Rezensionen

"White takes his readers on [a] journey, aiming to reach anappreciation of the nature of happiness. He splendidly suceeds inmaking the journey as fascinating as it deserves to be. White hasproduced a unique, thoughtful work that provides a meaningfulexcursion through our conceptions of happiness. Readers will beleft with a gift of greater insight into both the triumphs andlimitations of our efforts to understand ourselves."PsycCRITIQUES

"A valuable aid to the flourishing literature on happiness andits history."
Ethics

"Nicholas White offers a brisk, informative, and readableaccount of various attempts, throughout the Western philosophicaltradition, to articulate the meaning of that elusive term'happiness.'" Review of Metaphysics