A Brief History of Happiness

**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.

Author	Nicholas P. White
Book Series	Brief Histories of Philosophy
Format	Ebook
ISBN	9781405115209
Language	English
Pages	553
Publication Date	01-23-2006
Publisher	Wiley

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