Jonathan Lear was a longtime University of Chicago philosophy professor and psychoanalyst whose areas of study encompassed ...

Aristotle's timeless knowledge has significance for today's college students. Discover how his concepts of friendship, logic, ...

For the Ancient Greeks, virtue was the most important quality a person could have, and being virtuous was the absolute goal ...

An English translation of Ada Boni’s “The Talisman of Happiness,” an indispensable guide for Italian home cooks since the 1920s, is finally on its way. It’s a rare Italian household that doesn’t have ...

EXCLUSIVE: Wisdom of Happiness, a documentary from executive producer Richard Gere featuring the Dalai Lama, will screen coast-to-coast in the U.S. on October 16 in what’s being described as a unique ...

There is no shortage of programs or practices that promise to increase happiness. People may meditate for 30 minutes every morning, block off full evenings to deeply connect with close friends or ...

A new study published in JMIR Serious Games reveals that playing the open-world video game The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and watching Studio Ghibli films can significantly improve young ...

\The United States is continuing its downward path on the global World Happiness Report, having dropped to a record low on the global rankings list. Last year, the U.S. fell out of the top 20 for the ...

Cora Fox has received funding from an NEH grant for activities not directly related to this research. “In this year’s issue, we focus on the impact of caring and sharing on people’s happiness,” the ...

Researchers have a new explanation for why we experience the "happiness paradox"—a phenomenon wherein trying to make ourselves happier actually makes us less happy. Studies have documented the paradox ...