LEADER 04655nam 22007695 450 001 9910483566203321 005 20200919062810.0 010 $a3-319-16525-9 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-319-16525-7 035 $a(CKB)3710000000393516 035 $a(EBL)2095735 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001501329 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11840154 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001501329 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11522680 035 $a(PQKB)11267077 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-319-16525-7 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC2095735 035 $z(PPN)258864885 035 $a(PPN)185487599 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000393516 100 $a20150407d2015 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aAncient Views on the Quality of Life /$fby Alex C. Michalos 205 $a1st ed. 2015. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Springer,$d2015. 215 $a1 online resource (101 p.) 225 1 $aSpringerBriefs in Well-Being and Quality of Life Research,$x2211-7644 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a3-319-16524-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aPreface -- Introduction -- Homer (eighth century BCE) -- Hesiod of Ascra (late eighth/early seventh century BCE) -- Pythagoras of Samos (c.570 ? c.490 BCE) -- Heraclitus of Ephesus (c.540 ? c.480 BCE) -- Anaxagoras of Clazomenae (c.500 ? c.428 BCE) -- Empedocles of Acragas (c.492 ? c.432 BCE) -- Protagoras of Abdera (c.490 ? c.420 BCE) -- Antiphon of Rhamnous (c.480 ? 411 BCE) -- Democritus of Abdera (c.460 ? c.370 BCE) -- Hippocrates of Cos (c.450 ? c.380 BCE) -- Antisthenes of Athens (c.446 ? c.366 BCE) -- Aristippus of Cyrene (?the Elder?, c.436 ? 356 BCE) -- Plato of Athens (427 ? 347 BCE) -- Anonymous Iamblichi (c.400 BCE) -- Diogenes of Sinope (c.400 ? c.323 BCE) -- Aristotle of Stageira (384 ? 322 BCE) -- Epicurus of Samos (c.341 ? 271 BCE) -- Zeno of Citium (c.333 ? 261 BCE) -- Summary. 330 $aThis monograph describes the contributions to our current understanding of quality of life made by the most important ancient philosophers in the Western Tradition. It does so from the point of view of a contemporary researcher in quality of life or human well-being. Revisiting ancient texts from about 600 BCE to 300 BCE, the book explores the earliest ideas in recorded western philosophical and scientific history that were significantly related to current research and understanding of the quality of life or well-being for individuals and communities. It examines the problems and solutions found in these texts and their connection to still current fundamental issues and questions such as: ?What is a good life??, ?What is the best sort of person to be?? ?How can one tell if one?s society is making progress to some sort of desirable state or falling backwards?? The book shows that across time and across many cultures, the human species bears some remarkable similarities. 410 0$aSpringerBriefs in Well-Being and Quality of Life Research,$x2211-7644 606 $aQuality of life 606 $aPhilosophy and social sciences 606 $aPositive psychology 606 $aMedical research 606 $aPhilosophy 606 $aQuality of Life Research$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/X23000 606 $aPhilosophy of the Social Sciences$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/E36000 606 $aPositive Psychology$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/Y44000 606 $aQuality of Life Research$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/H65000 606 $aHistory of Philosophy$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/E15000 615 0$aQuality of life. 615 0$aPhilosophy and social sciences. 615 0$aPositive psychology. 615 0$aMedical research. 615 0$aPhilosophy. 615 14$aQuality of Life Research. 615 24$aPhilosophy of the Social Sciences. 615 24$aPositive Psychology. 615 24$aQuality of Life Research. 615 24$aHistory of Philosophy. 676 $a306.0903 700 $aMichalos$b Alex C$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$0265868 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910483566203321 996 $aAncient Views on the Quality of Life$92843694 997 $aUNINA