In pursuit of happiness / edited by Leroy S. Rouner.
Happiness is a paradoxical thing. In our heart of hearts we all want to be happy, but we do not talk much about it, lest we seem sentimental or too optimistic. But what would happiness be like if we could find it? The second section deals with happiness in three major world religious traditions. The...
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Notre Dame, Ind. :
University of Notre Dame Press,
℗♭1995.
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| Series: | Boston University studies in philosophy and religion ;
v. 16. |
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Table of Contents:
- Happiness, tranquillity, and philosophy / Charles L. Griswold, Jr.
- Happiness in motion : desire and delight / Margaret R. Miles
- Blessedness / Huston Smith
- Inwardness of joy in Jewish spirituality / Michael Fishbane
- Buddha's smile : enlightenment and the pursuit of happiness / Robert A.F. Thurman
- Happiness in the Confucian way / Tu Wei-ming
- Ecstasy and truth / Leroy S. Rouner
- Happiness and the uneasy conscience / Ruth L. Smith
- Happiness as the pursuit of meaning : the promise of professionalism / William M. Sullivan
- Will the Cubs and Red Sox ever meet again? Playfulness and happiness / James R. Langford.