Philosophy as Frustration

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Philosophy as Frustration
Author : Bruce Silver
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Publisher : BRILL
Language : English
Release Date : 20 June 2013
ISBN : 9789004254220
Pages : 385 pages
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In Philosophy as Frustration: Happiness Found and Feigned from Greek Antiquity to Present Bruce Silver argues that traditional philosophical views of happiness, as well as recent psychological theories of happiness, are at odds with themselves and with important accounts of a truly happy life.

Philosophy as Frustration

In Philosophy as Frustration: Happiness Found and Feigned from Greek Antiquity to Present Bruce Silver argues that traditional philosophical views of happiness, as well as recent psychological theories of happiness, are at odds with themselves and with important accounts of a truly happy life.

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