More than happiness : Buddhist and stoic wisdom for a sceptical age
Macaro, Antonia2019
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Modern readers tend to think of Buddhism as spending time alone meditating, searching for serenity. Stoicism calls to mind repressing our emotions in order to help us soldier on through adversity. But how accurate are our popular understandings of these traditions? And what can we learn from them without either buying in wholeheartedly to their radical ideals or else transmuting them into simple self-improvement regimes that bear little resemblance to their original aims? How can we achieve more than happiness? In 'More than Happiness,' Antonia Macaro delves into both philosophies, focusing on the elements that fit with our sceptical age, and those which have the potential to make the biggest impact on how we live.
Main title:
More than happiness : Buddhist and stoic wisdom for a sceptical age / Antonia Macaro.
Author:
Macaro, Antonia, author
Imprint:
London : Icon, 2019.
Collation:
x, 213 pages ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: 2018.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781785784460 (pbk. :)
Language:
English
BRN:
2213675
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