Thursday, January 17, 2008
In the New Statesman, a review of a book on the pursuit of happiness.
By the end of the book, Weiner has taken the readers on a breathtaking journey from familiar ancient philosophers such as Aristotle and Plato to relatively modern ones such as Schopenhauer and Heidegger, psychoanalysts such as Freud, pleasure-giving substances and services such as Moroccan hash and Thai massage, calming experiences in ashrams and on mountaintops. He has also expressed delight over the craftsmanship of an expensive pen or the texture of an exquisite chocolate, and pored over obscure academic journals.To each her own then. ¶ 5:52 AM
The result is open-ended: there are no right answers, and each individual's pursuit of happiness must remain unique.
