Pragmatic Rationalism: An Introduction

by Frank Robert Vivelo

Pragmatic rationalism is a coherent blend of elements from Epicureanism, Stoicism, Empiricism, and Existentialism. It holds that the ultimate goal of life is happiness-individual happiness identified as psychic tranquility or untroubledness-and attempts to pursue that goal in the most practical, efficacious manner possible. Accordingly, it emphasizes investing this pursuit in the only things we each control, our thoughts and feelings, and minimizing...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1304236994
• ISBN13: 9781304236999
• Release Date: July 2013
• Publisher: Lulu.com
• Length: 260 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"