| Pursuits of Happiness: On Being Interested Contributor(s): Brann, Eva (Author) |
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ISBN: 1589881478 ISBN-13: 9781589881471 Publisher: Paul Dry Books OUR PRICE: $28.45 Product Type: Paperback Published: September 2020 |
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| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Essays - Philosophy | Metaphysics |
| Physical Information: 1.2" H x 5.5" W x 8.4" (1.45 lbs) 612 pages |
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| Publisher Description: Brann holds us steady in a world that sometimes seems chaotic . . . At this time, the loudest voices among us are dystopian, and spoken language is losing all civility. If you want a change from this, Pursuits of Happiness is a good place to start. Here's a fascinating, independent-minded writer whose words connect us to living more fully toward a more beneficial life -- thought-forms as catalysts.--Washington Independent Review of Books The essays of Pursuits of Happiness are articulations of Eva Brann's "vocational" happiness of thinking things through. To Ms. Brann our inalienable right to the pursuit of happiness is the right not to an "endless chase," but rather the right to the actual practice of happiness, as in the "pursuit of a vocation." With essays like "Tips on Reading Homer" and "The Greatness of Great Books" she keeps at her calling: to understand the world around us, and between us, to listen to our inner self-talk, and to consider what comes, perhaps, from beyond us. |
Contributor Bio(s): Brann, Eva: - Eva Brann is a member of the senior faculty at St. John's College in Annapolis, Maryland, where she has taught for sixty-one years. She is a recipient of the National Humanities Medal. Her other books include Iron Filings, How to Constitute a World, Doublethink/Doubletalk, Then & Now, Un-Willing, The Logos of Heraclitus, Feeling Our Feelings, Homage to Americans, Open Secrets/Inward Prospects, The Music of the Republic, and Homeric Moments (all published by Paul Dry Books). |