Happiness in the Garden of Epicurus

Journal of Happiness Studies

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 397-423

  Bergsma, Ad ^a   Poot, Germaine ^b   Liefbroer, Aart C ^c  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b University for Humanistics   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Advice; Ascetic; Epicurus; Happiness; Hedonism; Life style; Marriage

Indexed keywords

EID: 48349140779     PISSN: 13894978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10902-006-9036-z     Document Type: Article

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