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Record Nr.

UNINA9910819019703321

Autore

Watts Alan <1915-1973, >

Titolo

The meaning of happiness : the quest for freedom of the spirit in modern psychology and the wisdom of the East / / Alan Watts ; foreword by Joan Watts

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Novato, California : , : New World Library, , [2018]

©2018

ISBN

1-60868-541-1

Edizione

[Third edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xxxi, 243 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

158

Soggetti

Happiness

Mysticism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Originally published: New York : Harper & Brothers, c1940.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

War in the soul -- The answer of religion -- The way of acceptance -- The return of the gods -- The vicious circle -- The one in the many -- The great liberation -- The love of life.

Sommario/riassunto

"A discussion of the ways that different cultures and religions define happiness and describe how it can be achieved; draws upon eastern philosophy, western mysticism, and analytic psychology"--