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Creating the good life : applying Aristotle's wisdom to find meaning and happiness
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Creating the good life : applying Aristotle's wisdom to find meaning and happiness

Author: James O'Toole
Publisher: [Emmaus, Pa.] : Rodale, ©2005.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Named Person: Aristotle.; Aristote.
Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: James O'Toole
ISBN: 1594861250 9781594861253
OCLC Number: 57285877
Description: xxiv, 328 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents: Introduction: Aristotle's insights on planning a life --
Part I: The basic concepts underlying Aristotle's philosophy --
Aristotle's life and way of thinking --
What is happiness? --
Models of the good life : the voluptuary, the sultan, and the sage --
How much is enough? --
Virtue won't hurt you --
Moral exercises : breaking the habit of making ourselves unhappy --
Friends, family, religion, and other goods --
Part II: Virtue in action : applications of Aristole's concepts --
Community leadership --
The Aristotelian workplace --
Distributive justice in business --
Philanthropy --
Non-retirement.
Responsibility: James O'Toole ; foreword by Walter Isaacson.
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