The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom
Dec 2006 · Hachette UK
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The author of the #1 New York Times bestseller The Anxious Generation shows how a deeper understanding of the world’s philosophical wisdom can enrich and transform our lives.
“Wonderfully smart and readable.” —Washington Post
In The Happiness Hypothesis, social psychologist Jonathan Haidt skillfully combines philosophical wisdom and scientific research to explore ten “Great Ideas” that have been discovered by several of the world’s civilizations. In each chapter, Haidt questions a Great Idea in light of what we now know, and extracts from it the lessons that still apply to our modern lives, thereby illuminating the causes of human flourishing.
Now with a new preface, The Happiness Hypothesis expertly unravels the world’s philosophical wisdom and its enduring maxims—such as “Do unto others as you would have others do unto you” and “What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger”—and tackles the eternal question “How can I live a meaningful life?”
“Wonderfully smart and readable.” —Washington Post
In The Happiness Hypothesis, social psychologist Jonathan Haidt skillfully combines philosophical wisdom and scientific research to explore ten “Great Ideas” that have been discovered by several of the world’s civilizations. In each chapter, Haidt questions a Great Idea in light of what we now know, and extracts from it the lessons that still apply to our modern lives, thereby illuminating the causes of human flourishing.
Now with a new preface, The Happiness Hypothesis expertly unravels the world’s philosophical wisdom and its enduring maxims—such as “Do unto others as you would have others do unto you” and “What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger”—and tackles the eternal question “How can I live a meaningful life?”
The author of the #1 New York Times bestseller The Anxious Generation shows how a deeper understanding of the world’s philosophical wisdom can enrich and transform our lives.
“Wonderfully smart and readable.” —Washington Post
In The Happiness Hypothesis, social psychologist Jonathan Haidt skill...
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Mark Edward Maciel
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May 14, 2023
Wow. This guy is a serious evolution pusher. If Darwin was here today, he would have thrown his book, and his theories into a dustbin. DNA, Body Plans, No intermediates in the fossil record, all point to an Intelligent Designer. The problem is that Atheists are not willing to ditch their false god, Darwin.
About the author
Jonathan Haidt (pronounced “height”) is the Thomas Cooley Professor of Ethical Leadership at New York University’s Stern School of Business. He is a social psychologist whose early research examined morality and the moral emotions. He now studies the effects of technology on children and on democracies. He is the author of four New York Times bestsellers: The Righteous Mind, The Coddling of the American Mind, The Anxious Generation, and, most recently, The Amazing Generation. He lives in New York City.
Jonathan Haidt (pronounced “height”) is the Thomas Cooley Professor of Ethical Leadership at New York University’s Stern School of Business. He is a social psychologist whose early research examined morality and the moral emotions. He now studies the effects of technology on children and on democ...
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