Questions About The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom

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I wanted to gift this book to my mom. But the problem is she is not that good at English and also if the author will delve deeply into psychology or philosophy, she'll stop reading it. Is it an interesting read (FOR MY MOM)? That is some nice short stories explaining some important happiness principles and occasionally the author may get a bit into psychology and philosophy but come out soon....

Sabina Colleran no, this isn't right for your mom. it's heavily science based, psychological studies...etc. …moreno, this isn't right for your mom. it's heavily science based, psychological studies...etc. (less)

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Hi, this would probably be my next book to read. It seems to be a great book. But, I am very curious to get a bit of preview about how he correlates the modern world with the ancient wisdom? And, how he correlates philosophy and psychology? Thanks in advance.

Francisco He extract ideas and ideals from other times, thoughts that people believe was necessary to live useful and meaningful lives and then uses recent stud…moreHe extract ideas and ideals from other times, thoughts that people believe was necessary to live useful and meaningful lives and then uses recent studies and investigations to probe in a more scientifically way that this is what we need to follow to obtain happiness. Certain parts of the book make you reflect and let you understand the human behaviour.(less)

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