The Quest for the Good Life

This book PDF is perfect for those who love History genre, written by Øyvind Rabbås and published by Oxford University Press which was released on 07 May 2024 with total hardcover pages 318. You could read this book directly on your devices with pdf, epub and kindle format, check detail and related The Quest for the Good Life books below.

The Quest for the Good Life

Author	: Øyvind Rabbås
File Size	: 45,5 Mb
Publisher	: Oxford University Press
Language	: English
Release Date	: 07 May 2024
ISBN	: 9780198746980
Pages	: 318 pages

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The Quest for the Good Life by Øyvind Rabbås Book PDF Summary

Happiness was a central focus of ancient philosophy: this volume traces conceptions of happiness through nearly a millennium, from the Presocratics through Plato, Aristotle, and Hellenistic philosophy to the Neo-Platonists and Augustine in late antiquity. The contributors address questions raised by ancient thinkers that are still of deep concern.

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How should I live? How can I be happy? What is happiness, really? These are perennial questions, which in recent times have become the object of diverse kinds of academic research. Ancient philosophers placed happiness at the centre of their thought, and we can trace the topic through nearly a

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Seriously . . . another book that tells you how to live a good life? Don’t we have enough of those? You’d think so. Yet, more people than ever are walking through life disconnected, disengaged, dissatisfied, mired in regret, declining health, and a near maniacal state of gut-wrenching autopilot busyness. Whatever

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