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The Passion for Happiness: Samuel Johnson and David Hume
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Adam Potkay
About this title: Although widely perceived as inhabiting different, even opposed, literary worlds, Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) and David Hume (1711-1776) shared common ground as moralists. Adam Potkay traces their central concerns to Hellenistic philosophy, as conveyed by Cicero, and to earlier moderns such as Addison and Mandeville. Johnson's and Hume's large and diverse bodies of writings, Potkay says, are unified by several key questions: What is happiness? What is the role of virtue in the happy life? What is the proper relationship between passion and reflection in the happy or flourishing individual?  read more
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The Passion for Happiness: Samuel Johnson and David Hume
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Date Published: 2000
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The Passion for Happiness: Samuel Johnson and David Hume
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Adam Potkay
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Publisher: Cornell University Press
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The Passion for Happiness: Samuel Johnson and David Hume
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Adam Potkay
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Publisher: Cornell University Press
Date Published: 2000
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