Invulnerability: On Securing Happiness
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Invulnerability: On Securing Happiness
By (Author) Steven Luper
Open Court Publishing Co ,U.S.
Open Court Publishing Co ,U.S.
19th January 2000
United States
Classifications
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
Western philosophy from c 1800
Philosophical traditions and schools of thought
128
Physical Properties
Hardback
178
Width 165mm, Height 241mm
476g
Description
Steven Luper analyzes the nature of happiness and compares two strategies of pursuit: the western approach known as 'optimizing', in which we try to bring about the satisfaction of our desires, and the eastern method known as 'adapting', in which we transform our desires so that nothing can hurt us.
"Luper's clearly written, yet heartfelt, book will serve to widen the narrow horizons of contemporary moral debate, and not just within academia". -- David E. Cooper University of Durham
