![]() Darrin McMahon follows this great search through to the present day, showing how our modern quest for the 'holy grail' of happiness continues to generate new forms of pleasure, but also, paradoxically, new forms of pain. Central to the development of Christianity, ideas of happiness assumed their modern form during the Enlightenment. Why did this change and what does it tell us about our society? The Pursuit of Happiness offers a brilliant summation of the history of happiness, and its evolution from divine gift to natural human entitlement. In ancient Greek tragedy, happiness was considered a gift of the gods. ![]() "Happiness and its pursuit have been a constant source of fascination and attraction for thousands of years. This book is available and ready to be shipped. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. ![]() Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. ![]()
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