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The happiness hypothesis : finding modern truth in ancient wisdom

Haidt, Jonathan. (Author).

Summary: Explores ten great insights about man, the purpose of life, and happiness selected from diverse traditions and uses current scientific research to question and discuss the ideas.

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  • ISBN: 9780465028023
  • ISBN: 0465028020
  • ISBN: 9780465028016
  • ISBN: 0465028012
  • Physical Description: print
    xiii, 297 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
  • Publisher: New York : Basic Books, 2006.

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Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-289) and index.
Formatted Contents Note: Introduction: Too much wisdom -- The divided self -- Changing your mind -- Reciprocity with a vengeance -- The faults of others -- The pursuit of happiness -- Love and attachments -- The uses of adversity -- The felicity of virtue -- Divinity with or without God -- Happiness comes from between -- Conclusion: On balance.
Subject: Happiness
Happiness
Love
Homeostasis

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Kirtland Community College.

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The Happiness Hypothesis : Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom
The Happiness Hypothesis : Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom
by Haidt, Jonathan
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The Happiness Hypothesis : Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom

Jonathan Haidt is the Thomas Cooley Professor of Ethical Leadership at New York University's Stern School of Business. He is a social psychologist whose research examines morality and the moral emotions. He is the author of The Righteous Mind: Why Good People are Divided by Politics and Religion , and the coauthor of The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas are Setting Up a Generation for Failure .

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