The Happy Man and the Cultural Fable of the Good Life.

The article compares the Aristotelian philosophical concept of the good life (which is referred to as a cultural fable) in U.S. intellectual life during the second half of the 20th century with the concept's prevalence in the 18th century. The article references the depiction of the good life and ha...

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Published in:	Eighteenth Century: Theory & Interpretation Vol. 55; no. 1; pp. 103 - 109
Main Author:	Brown, Laura
Format:	Article
Published:	University of Pennsylvania Press Spring2014
Subjects:	Eudaimonism Poetry & society Happiness in literature On Solitude (Poem) Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard (Poem : Gray) Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744 Gray, Thomas, 1716-1771 Twentieth century Intellectual life United States
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