Binding: Paperback
Description: The Dalai Lama once wrote that the object of human existence was to be happy. This sounds extremely glib as happiness in the popular imagination is a feeling and in the words of the song 'the greatest gift that we possess'. On the other hand von Hugel wrote Religion has never made me happy; it's no use shutting your eyes to the fact that the deeper you go the more alone you will find yourself This small masterpiece by the late Fr Herbert Mc Cabe of the Dominican order steers a steady course between these two extremes. We feel instinctively that human beings are designed to enjoy themselves and to be happy and yet we are told that suffering is good for the soul. In the Catholic tradition the true object of human existence is the vision of God and nothing less than this will ever make us truly happy. Fr Mc Cabe explores much deeper issues. Is happiness a pleasure or a pain? You hardly know. Certainly it is not a comfort for comfort spells security and happiness can take you out of yourself to a degree where all security is left behind. Behind a feeling of exultation you can sense the flame of incandescent terror. This short book is entirely original and will further enhance Mc Cabe's posthumous reputation.
Title: The Good Life Ethics And The Pursuit Of Happiness
Author(s): Mccabe Father Herbert
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Barcode: 9780826476470
Pages: 144 Pages
Language: English
Publication Date: 6/25/2005
Category: Christian Life & Practice