... of discovering of truth, but also of attaining happiness. error rash assent and opinion Augustine Contra Academicos Against the Academics happiness Objection from Error to the sufficiency of inquiry for happiness Antiochus of Ascalon Cicero Cicero Academica Academics Lucullus in Cicero Academica epocheē...

...This afterword summarizes the main points of Augustine of Hippo's critique of Academic skepticism by focusing on four charges that he levels against it: first, that the Academics are neither happy nor wise in their philosophical practice; second, that the Academics are unable to appeal to what...

... might be called well-being, a good life, or a life well lived. Offered too are reflections on the contradictions of affluence and the continued elusiveness of happiness in Japan and beyond. Mottainai Bāsan “No Waste Grandma” “No Waste Grandma” Mottainai Bāsan tangerines waste gender waste...

...This epilogue studies William Godwin's theory of ideology, assessing his book Enquiry concerning Political Justice (1796), which identifies unfelt and active forces holding humanity back from social happiness. The virtuality of feeling for Godwin is a potential menace. The very...

...This chapter examines Augustine of Hippo's rejection of the Socratic ideal of the good life and his belief that wisdom was a type of knowledge necessary to happiness. Augustine was unimpressed with Socrates's ideal of the good life. This was the ideal of a life dedicated to philosophical inquiry...

... account of how and why the so-called “science of happiness” is surging in Chinese cities and how it is embraced by different social actors. This wave occurs under the banner of “psychological science” that some experts claim is able to effectively ease personal and social suffering. Ben Sharhar Tal...

... of affects, including primary sensation, love and self-love, greed, happiness, and patriotic ardor, the book explores literary evocations of imperceptibility and unfeeling that pervade and support the period's understanding of sensibility. Each of the four sections of the book—on philosophy, the novel...

.... The chapter discusses how the mandate for happiness leads to the repression of negative emotions and a denial of personal and collective traumas, hindering the deep healing and cultural transformation necessary for addressing ecological and social injustices. The chapter details how the focus on individual...

..., happiness, or a good life. Affluence of the Heart is a history of how people lived—how they made sense of, gave meaning to, and found value in the acts of the everyday....