Exploring Happiness
From Aristotle to Brain Science
Sissela Bok
- 208 pages
- English
- PDF
- Available on iOS & Android
Exploring Happiness
From Aristotle to Brain Science
Sissela Bok
About This Book
From the acclaimed author of Lying, a brilliant exploration of happiness set in the context of the worldâs great philosophers, leaders, writers, and artists
In this smart and timely book, the distinguished moral philosopher Sissela Bok ponders the nature of happiness and its place in philosophical thinking and writing throughout the ages. With nuance and elegance, Bok explores notions of happinessâfrom Greek philosophers to Desmond Tutu, Charles Darwin, Iris Murdoch, and the Dalai Lamaâas well as the latest theories advanced by psychologists, economists, geneticists, and neuroscientists. Eschewing abstract theorizing, Bok weaves in a wealth of firsthand observations about happiness from ordinary people as well as renowned figures. This may well be the most complete picture of happiness yet.
This book is also a clarion call to think clearly and sensitively about happiness. Bringing together very different disciplines provides Bok with a unique opportunity to consider the role of happiness in wider questions of how we should lead our lives and treat one anotherâconcerns that donât often figure in todayâs happiness equation. How should we pursue, weigh, value, or limit our own happiness, or that of others, now and in the future? Compelling and perceptive, Exploring Happiness shines a welcome new light on the heart of the human condition.