Description
Product ID: | 9781509523818 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | GB |
Title: | The Happiness Fantasy |
Authors: | Author: Carl Cederstrom |
Page Count: | 200 |
Subjects: | Social and cultural history, Social & cultural history, Philosophy, Psychology: emotions, Philosophy, Psychology: emotions |
Description: | Select Guide Rating Happiness has meant different things in different times: according to Aristotle, only the gods could be truly happy, but if you lived ethically, you might come close; for medieval Christians, the best way to be happy was to suffer pain and for Romantic philosophers like Rousseau, society made happiness impossible. |
Imprint Name: | Polity Press |
Publisher Name: | John Wiley and Sons Ltd |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2018-09-14 |