Pursuing Eudaimonia [[electronic resource] ] : re-appropriating the Greek philosophical foundations of the Christian apophatic tradition / / Brendan Cook
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Cook Brendan
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| Titolo: |
Pursuing Eudaimonia [[electronic resource] ] : re-appropriating the Greek philosophical foundations of the Christian apophatic tradition / / Brendan Cook
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| Pubblicazione: | Newcastle, : Cambridge Scholars, 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (261 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 152.42 |
| 179/.9 | |
| Soggetto topico: | Happiness - Religious aspects - Christianity - History of doctrines |
| Positive psychology | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CONCLUSION; ANCIENT GREEK PHILOSOPHY TIMELINE; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX |
| Sommario/riassunto: | This book offers an original account of an ancient, alternative form of 'negative' reason which stands in antithesis to its modern instrumental form which has dominated thinking about the pursuit of human development since the Enlightenment. It advances arguments for the recovery of such reason as a spiritual and therapeutic way of life and demonstrates that it is impossible to fully appreciate the Christian apophatic tradition without investigating the intricacies of its philosophical herita... |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Pursuing Eudaimonia |
| ISBN: | 1-4438-4675-9 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910463449203321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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