{"product_id":"the-secrets-of-happiness-richard-schoch-9780743292931","title":"The Secrets of Happiness: Three Thousand Years of Searching for the Good Life","description":"\u003ci\u003eThe Secrets of Happiness\u003c\/i\u003e is a philosophical inquiry into the nature of happiness. \u003cbr\u003e Combining wit, warmth, and intellectual authority, this book offers us ancient wisdom for modern living. Richard Schoch shows readers how they can enrich their lives by recovering the ancient philosophical and religious traditions of happiness--and then putting them to work in their own lives today. In a journey across cultures and centuries--from the trials of Job to the Meditations of Marcus Aurelius, and from Buddha's Four Noble Truths to the ecstasy of medieval Sufi mystics--Schoch answers questions that, although fundamental to our well-being, are rarely asked: what kind of effort does it take to be happy? do you have a right to be happy? can you be happy if others are unhappy? \u003cbr\u003e Although Schoch finds that there is no single answer to these questions, he argues that every strategy for happiness can be placed in one of four categories: Living for Pleasure, Conquering Desire, Transcending Reason, and Enduring Suffering. (The book is divided into these four parts.)\u003cbr\u003e The one thing that these disparate strategies do share is that each takes effort. Happiness, Schoch posits, is never an end-point; it is instead \"a joyful struggle.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Richard Schoch\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0743292936\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780743292931\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Scribner Book Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/23\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.63lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.06h x 5.00w x 0.63d","brand":"Richard Schoch","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44491372921087,"sku":"9780743292931","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_16e39dc7-a9a2-42d0-9a85-0450abe12d89.jpg?v=1699450832","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-secrets-of-happiness-richard-schoch-9780743292931","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}