Hectors Reise oder die Suche nach dem Glück
by Lelord, François, Lelord, François
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Hectors Reise oder die Suche nach dem Glück
by Lelord, François, Lelord, François
fromPiper
"How are our lives meaningful? What is the relationship of loss to creativity? How can we best engage and overcome our suffering? From Socrates to Foucault, Western philosophers have sought to define 'the art of living"--The complex craft of human existence that elicits our thou…
The art of living -- The pursuit of happiness -- The remaking of fate -- The fall of fantasies -- The residue of love.
"How are our lives meaningful? What is the relationship of loss to creativity? How can we best engage and overcome our suffering? From Socrates to Foucault, Western philosophers have sought to define 'the art of living"--The complex craft of human existence that elicits our thou…
"We all want to be happy, and there are plenty of people telling us how it can be achieved. The positive psychology movement, indeed, has established happiness as a scientific concept within everyone's grasp. But is happiness really something we can actively aim for, or is it si…
"We all want to be happy, and there are plenty of people telling us how it can be achieved. The positive psychology movement, indeed, has established happiness as a scientific concept within everyone's grasp. But is happiness really something we can actively aim for, or is it si…
Why anthropology can ill afford to ignore well-being / Neil Thin -- Is a measure of cultural well-being possible or desirable? / Benjamin Nick Colby -- Well-being among the Matsigenka of the Peruvian Amazon : health, missions, oil, and "progress" / Carolina Izquierdo -- Embodied…
"Anthropology has long shied away from examining how human beings may lead happy and fulfilling lives. This book, however, shows that the ethnographic examination of well-being - defined as "the optimal state for an individual, a community, and a society"--And the comparison of …
"In this groundbreaking book, Matthieu Ricard makes a passionate case for happiness as a goal that deserves at least as much energy as any other in our lives. Wealth? Fitness? Career success? How can we possibly place these above true and lasting well-being? Drawing from works o…
Kant is regarded as the key critic of eudemonic ethics. Interpreters have claimed that for Kant, happiness was neither a precondition for morality nor a reward for moral conduct. However, this study shows that happiness does play a key role in Kant’s moral philosophy. It reveals…
"Kant gilt als profilierter Kritiker eudämonistischer Ethiken. Glückseligkeit sei bei Kant weder eine Voraussetzung der Moralität noch ein Lohn sittlichen Handelns. Diese Arbeit zeigt, dass der Glückseligkeit aber auch in seiner Moralphilosophie eine zentrale Rolle zukommt. Kant…