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Black Inc, Australia, 2011. Second Edition. Medium Trade Paperback. Near Fine. Medium Trade Paperback. 132 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Black Inc., Australia, 2011. Second Edition. *** CONDITION: This book is in near fine condition. More specifically: Covers have no creasing or wear. Spine is uncreased. Dust jacket is unclipped. Pages are lightly tanned. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: In this elegant treatise, David Malouf returns to one of the most fundamental questions and gives it a modern twist: what makes for a happy life? With grace and profundity, Malouf discusses new and old ways to talk about contentment and the self. In considering the happy life - what it is, and what makes it possible - David Malouf returns to the 'highest wisdom' of the classics, looks at how, thanks to Thomas Jefferson's way with words, happiness became a 'right', and examines joy in the flesh as depicted by Rubens and Rembrandt. In a world become ever larger and impersonal, he finds happiness in an…
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Melbourne, Collingwood: Black Inc., 2011. 2nd stated ed.. Paperback small, very good condition, pages faintly toned, minor edgewear. 132 pp. The respected Australian author discusses new and old ways to talk about contentment and the self. Drawing on mythology, philosophy, art and literature, he traces our conception of happiness throughout history, distilling centuries of thought into a lucid narrative. Includes responses from Robert Dessaix, Anne Manne, Robert Lagerberg, Tim Soutphommasane, Elizabeth Farrelly and Gordon Parker. Originally published as a Quarterly Essay.
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- Keywords psychology, self-help, society
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