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The Concept of Happiness

  • Veenhoven R
Springer Netherlands, (1984), 12-38
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-009-6432-7_2
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Abstract

The term ‘happiness’ has a long history. It has figured in Western thought ever since antiquity. Over the years the term has been endowed with many different meanings. Its history is in fact characterized by a continuous debate about what it constitutes.

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Veenhoven, R. (1984). The Concept of Happiness. In Conditions of Happiness (pp. 12–38). Springer Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-6432-7_2

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