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Title	:	The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom
Author	:	Jonathan Haidt
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Deluxe Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 297 pages
Published	:	December 26th 2006 by Basic Books (first published December 26th 2005)
Categories	:	Psychology. Nonfiction. Philosophy. Self Help. Science

The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom

Jonathan Haidt

Paperback | Pages: 297 pages

Rating: 4.14 | 22779 Users | 1455 Reviews

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In his widely praised book, award-winning psychologist Jonathan Haidt examines the world’s philosophical wisdom through the lens of psychological science, showing how a deeper understanding of enduring maxims-like Do unto others as you would have others do unto you, or What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger-can enrich and even transform our lives.

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Original Title:	The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom
ISBN:	0465028020 (ISBN13: 9780465028023)
Edition Language:	English

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First of all there is a tone to this book that I thought from the beginning was really going to be a problem for me. I guess that is the tone of self-help books. All the same, this book was much more interesting and much more challenging (at least, to me) than most other self-help books Ive read. I actually found parts of this book quite confronting.The parts of this book that I liked the most were those where he was discussing his elephant and rider metaphor. Essentially, he believes that we

I've been slogging away at this book for nearly a month, which is unusual for me. Usually, if I stall on a book (as I did with three other books I started reading over the month of February), I simply put it down with a note that it's been partially read. But The Happiness Hypothesis was so compelling that I kept coming back after putting it down and letting my mind digest the material. It's a book that's designed to be read slowly.I discovered this book through Switch, by Chip and Dan Heath,

Dont be put off by the title! It sounds wishy-washy, but its not. Haidts claims are specific and empirical, and are backed-up with citations to published studies. The Happiness Hypothesis serves two functions: (1) its a psychology professors introduction to his chosen subfield (positive psychology), which aims to help people find happiness and meaning (Kindle Loc. 132); and (2) it explores the continued applicability of (mostly ancient and/or religious) philosophical and moral ideas, in light of

I intend to read this book again in a year or two. This is the first book in my life I've said that about. It is a masterpiece that integrates the best research from psychology, neuroscience with evolutionary biology and ties that into ancient philosophy and modern social theory.The most powerful metaphor of the book is the separation of the brain into two parts, the elephant and rider. The elephant represents the subconscious or impulsive patterns of thought, which "have a mind of their own."

5 star, pure wisdom! This book gave me great insights on how our mind works. It's a great combination of scientific research, philosophy and psychology of today diving deep to figure out what really makes us happy. I highly recommended reading this book, if someone would say that I had only 3 books to pick for them this would be one of them. If you're wondering about the reasons for our seemingly never-ending pursuit of happiness and meaning "The Happiness Hypothesis" will give you very solid

And thus we move, logically, to The Happiness Hypothesis. Ben Tanaka, main character of Shortcomings, could use The Happiness Hypothesis. Ginger Pye and the rest of the Pye family apparently intuitively knew The Happiness Hypothesis. Haidt looks at ancient wisdom and compares it to the result of the new science of positive psychology. Some of the things I learned from this book:*Reciprocity is the best guide to life. This is the classic Do unto others thought. *There are three effective ways to

If I hadn't read Daniel Kahneman's Thinking, Fast and Slow, first, I may not have been able to get into The Happiness Hypothesis. Although they mine some of the same territory, The Happiness Hypothesis is an ordinary book. Kahneman's book, on the other hand, is a land mine. I think he wrote it using the knowledge that was his subject matter, giving it its penetrating power. Haidt, on the other hand, comes across as attempting to "convert" the reader, which can set up some resistance. Also, while