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title: "Happiness: A Philosopher's Guide Paperback – Illustrated, April 12, 2016"
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# Happiness: A Philosopher's Guide Paperback – Illustrated, April 12, 2016

**Brand:** frederic lenoirandrew brown
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- **What is this?** Happiness: A Philosopher's Guide Paperback – Illustrated, April 12, 2016 by frederic lenoirandrew brown
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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐ 3.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    A competent survey of philosophical ideas on happiness, but not very accessible or functional
  

*by A***R on Reviewed in the United States on July 16, 2015*

In this book, the author reviews the philosophical literature on happiness, summarizing and considering the viewpoints of many ancient sources including Buddism, Christianity, the Stoics, Montaigne, Spinoza, etc. Up until the last (and very long, dense) chapter on Spinoza, the reader can -- without too much effort -- get a sense of different views on what happiness is, and where to find it.The book is good because it gathers and summarizes these different viewpoints from scattered resources, and tries to describe them all in one place. For that I am grateful.But the book is not good (I think) because of the writing style. Whole pages and pages on my Kindle were filled margin to margin with words, with no paragraphs, just long, free flowing text that seemed to mix too many ideas in a constant stream. This made parts of the book very difficult (or impossible, in my case) to understand. It was so difficult to ascertain the author's point in so many places (esp. in the long final Spinoza chapter) that I just finally gave up, and started skimming for any visible meaning.I think the book could really benefit from an accessible (readable, understandable) summary of the many ideas and viewpoints on happiness. As it stands, it's almost a dense, impenetrable academic book in places. And so after reading the book, I still don't have a good idea of what the main point of the book was, or how I might increase my own happiness for having spent the time reading the book. And many interesting questions go unanswered by the book -- Which theory of happiness is most useful today? Why? Are modern theories different? How? Are they more functional?Or most importantly, after having done all the work in researching and writing the book, why didn't the author (obviously qualified after all this research) have a shot at answering the basic questions for the reader: How does the author think people might get more happiness into their lives? What should they do? What theories seem to be most functional, in the author's opinion?I would not recommend this book to the average reader. It's more for people who have a semi-academic philosophy interest, who might be interested in deep thinking over each idea in the text.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Four Stars
  

*by S***. on Reviewed in the United States on July 27, 2015*

easy reading ;interesting .the writer must be a fan of Montaigne.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Four Stars
  

*by P***S on Reviewed in the United States on October 12, 2015*

I am happy with it.

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