ISBN: 0470798084 9780470798089

Category: Philosophy / History & Surveys / General

Page count: 208

<p><b>In this brief history, philosopher Nicholas White reviews 2,500 years of philosophical thought about happiness.</b></p> <ul> <li>Addresses key questions such as: What is happiness? Should happiness play such a dominant role in our lives? How can we deal with conflicts between the various things that make us happy?</li> <li>Considers the ways in which major thinkers from antiquity to the modern day have treated happiness: from Plato’s notion of the harmony of the soul, through to Nietzsche’s championing of conflict over harmony.</li> <li>Relates questions about happiness to ethics and to practical philosophy.</li> </ul>