Ancient Views on the Quality of Life

This monograph describes the contributions to our current understanding of quality of life made by the most important ancient philosophers in the Western Tradition. It does so from the point of view of a contemporary researcher in quality of life or human well-being. Revisiting ancient texts from ab...

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spelling oai:scholar.dlu.edu.vn:DLU123456789-588222023-11-11T06:21:27Z Ancient Views on the Quality of Life Michalos, Alex C Cultural Policy Public Policy Philosophy Quality of life History This monograph describes the contributions to our current understanding of quality of life made by the most important ancient philosophers in the Western Tradition. It does so from the point of view of a contemporary researcher in quality of life or human well-being. Revisiting ancient texts from about 600 BCE to 300 BCE, the book explores the earliest ideas in recorded western philosophical and scientific history that were significantly related to current research and understanding of the quality of life or well-being for individuals and communities. It examines the problems and solutions found in these texts and their connection to still current fundamental issues and questions such as: ‘What is a good life?’, ‘What is the best sort of person to be?’ ‘How can one tell if one’s society is making progress to some sort of desirable state or falling backwards?’ The book shows that across time and across many cultures, the human species bears some remarkable similarities. 2015-10-14T01:33:16Z 2015-10-14T01:33:16Z 2015 Book 978-3-319-16525-7 978-3-319-16524-0 https://scholar.dlu.edu.vn/thuvienso/handle/DLU123456789/58822 en application/pdf Springer
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Public Policy
Philosophy
Quality of life
History
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Public Policy
Philosophy
Quality of life
History
Michalos, Alex C
Ancient Views on the Quality of Life
description This monograph describes the contributions to our current understanding of quality of life made by the most important ancient philosophers in the Western Tradition. It does so from the point of view of a contemporary researcher in quality of life or human well-being. Revisiting ancient texts from about 600 BCE to 300 BCE, the book explores the earliest ideas in recorded western philosophical and scientific history that were significantly related to current research and understanding of the quality of life or well-being for individuals and communities. It examines the problems and solutions found in these texts and their connection to still current fundamental issues and questions such as: ‘What is a good life?’, ‘What is the best sort of person to be?’ ‘How can one tell if one’s society is making progress to some sort of desirable state or falling backwards?’ The book shows that across time and across many cultures, the human species bears some remarkable similarities.
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