Author: Schoch, Richard
Title: THE SECRETS OF HAPPINESS. Three Thousand Years of Searching for the Good Life.
Description: London, Profile Books, 2006. 1st edition 243 pp. cloth gilt title spine with dustjacket. The Secrets of Happinessis a philosophical inquiry into the nature of happiness.Combining wit, warmth, and intellectual authority, this book offers us ancient wisdom for modern living. Richard Schoch shows readers how they can enrich their lives by recovering the ancient philosophical and religious traditions of happiness - and then putting them to work in their own lives today. In a journey across cultures and centuries - from the trials of Job to the Meditations of Marcus Aurelius, and from Buddha's Four Noble Truths to the ecstasy of medieval Sufi mystics--Schoch answers questions that, although fundamental to our well-being, are rarely asked: what kind of effort does it take to be happy? do you have a right to be happy? can you be happy if others are unhappy? near fine condition

Keywords: sprookjes, spiritualiteit, mystiek,