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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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Main Author:	Michalos, Alex C. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
Corporate Author:	SpringerLink (Online service)
Language:	English
Published:	Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
Edition:	1st ed. 2015.
Series:	SpringerBriefs in Well-Being and Quality of Life Research,
Subjects:	Quality of life. Philosophy and social sciences. Positive psychology. Medical research. Philosophy. Quality of Life Research. Philosophy of the Social Sciences. Positive Psychology. History of Philosophy.
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-16525-7

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