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The Happiness Hypothesis

Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom

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The Happiness Hypothesis

De : Jonathan Haidt
Lu par : Ryan Vincent Anderson
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The author of the #1 New York Times bestseller The Anxious Generation shows how a deeper understanding of the world’s philosophical wisdom can enrich and transform our lives.

“Wonderfully smart and readable.” —Washington Post

In The Happiness Hypothesis, social psychologist Jonathan Haidt skillfully combines philosophical wisdom and scientific research to explore ten “Great Ideas” that have been discovered by several of the world’s civilizations. In each chapter, Haidt questions a Great Idea in light of what we now know, and extracts from it the lessons that still apply to our modern lives, thereby illuminating the causes of human flourishing.

Now with a new preface, The Happiness Hypothesis expertly unravels the world’s philosophical wisdom and its enduring maxims—such as “Do unto others as you would have others do unto you” and “What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger”—and tackles the eternal question “How can I live a meaningful life?”

Développement personnel Philosophie Psychologie Psychologie et interactions sociales Psychologie et psychiatrie Réussite personnelle Santé mentale
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"The Happiness Hypothesis is a wonderful and nuanced book that provides deep insight into the some of the most important questions in life -- Why are we here? What kind of life should we lead? What paths lead to happiness? From the ancient philosophers to cutting edge scientists, Haidt weaves a tapestry of the best and the brightest. His highly original work on elevation and awe -- two long-neglected emotions -- adds a new weave to that tapestry. A truly inspiring book."

—David M. Buss, author of The Evolution of Desire

"In this beautifully written book, Jonathan Haidt shows us the deep connection that exists between cutting-edge psychological research and the wisdom of the ancients. It is inspiring to see how much modern psychology informs life's most central and persistent questions."

—Barry Schwartz, author of The Paradox of Choice

"In our quest for happiness, we must find a balance between modern science and ancient wisdom, between East and West, and between 'left brain' and 'right brain.' Haidt has struck that balance perfectly, and in doing so has given us the most brilliant and lucid analysis of virtue and well-being in the entire literature of positive psychology. For the reader who seeks to understand happiness, my advice is: Begin with Haidt."

—Martin E.P. Seligman, Director, Positive Psychology Center at the University of Pennsylvania and author of Authentic Happiness

"Haidt is a fine guide on this journey between past and present, discussing the current complexities of psychological theory with clarity and humor. . . Haidt's is an open-minded, robust look at philosophy, psychological fact and spiritual mystery, of scientific rationalism and the unknowable ephemeral -- an honest inquiry that concludes that the best life is, perhaps, one lived in the balance of opposites."

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Best book i read so far . I highly recommend it.
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I learned a lot about the elephant and the rider inside ourselves, very interesting perspective, open minded but with strong convictions about his beliefs which are based on theories, facts, studies and experiments.
The only thing is the narrator, too unexpressive that it is hard to understand when you are not a native English speaking...

Good book but boring and unexpressive reader

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Jonathan Haidt is a god, love how his mind works and he's an amazing performer too. So I was devastated to have to listen to this chap murder the whole book. My advice? Buy the print version.

Great book, appalling narration

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I am of two minds on this book.
On one side, it stimulated me a lot and I found it interesting to listen to. It did tend to echo with my own thoughts and I found it enjoyable and even original at times.
But at some point in the book, I realized it was saying what I wanted to hear too much, and I found it suspicious. So I stopped and dug up more about the author and the book. And I do find that as soon as we get further away from solid research, there is a lot of personal opinions and privileged, biased and somewhat blind views of other humans' problems. A number of the examples, solutions and problems appeared disingenuous, or simplistic.

It also doesn't help that a lot of the research on which this is based is either flimsy or simply didn't hold up.

So I would argue this might be an interesting book to stimulate your brain, but it requires an attentive reading to spot inaccuracies, manipulations, omissions, biases,...

If you're interested in the research about this subject, I'm sure there are more recent and serious books.

The audiobook itself is good and very enjoyable.

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