Alexander Hobday
Biographic Data
| ID | 6803420 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alexander Hobday |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alexander |
| FAMILY NAME | Hobday |
| SIGNATURE | HOBDAY A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Cambridge |
| ORCID | 0009-0008-7318-8987 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 1 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 1 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Happiness in the Long Eighteenth Century
In this article, I offer a thematic overview of differing conceptions of happiness in the long 18th century. These conceptions are hedonism, subjectivism, and eudaemonism. Philosophers today term these ‘the big three’, meaning that most theories of happiness can be described in terms of one or other of them. Broadly speaking, it can be argued that, during the Middle Ages, happiness was generally conceived of in eudaemonistic terms. Wellbeing invo…
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Happiness in the Long Eighteenth Century
In this article, I offer a thematic overview of differing conceptions of happiness in the long 18th century. These conceptions are hedonism, subjectivism, and eudaemonism. Philosophers today term these ‘the big three’, meaning that most theories of happiness can be described in terms of one or other of them. Broadly speaking, it can be argued that, during the Middle Ages, happiness was generally conceived of in eudaemonistic terms. Wellbeing invo…
Aside (1 works) · Eudaimonia (1 works) · Happiness (1 works) · Hedonism (1 works) · Historical Legal Studies and Society (1 works) · History of Emotions Research (1 works) · Meaning (existential (1 works) · Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction (1 works) · Relevance (law (1 works) · Scholarship (1 works)