The Secrets of Happiness, by Richard Schoch
Richard Schoch, a professor of "the history of culture" is sick of the "new science" of happiness. "What exactly," he asks "is the unit of measurement of happiness? The happino?" Instead of offering quick-fix answers, he takes us on a fascinating tour of the happiness philosophers from Epicurus and Seneca to Aristotle and Buddha. "Our life," he concludes, "is an ever striving and we call that striving happiness".
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