Originally published: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, c1996. With new pref
國科會研究人文及社會科學研究圖書設備計畫,規劃主題: 族裔與移民文學
Includes bibliographical references and index
Preface to the Irving Singer library edition -- Preface -- Introduction: Nature and spirit -- Schopenhauer's pendulum : is happiness possible? -- Beyond the suffering in life -- The nature and content of happiness -- Play and mere existence -- Living in nature -- Imagination and idealization -- Harmonization through art -- Art and spirituality -- The continuum of ends and means -- Aesthetic foundations of ethics and religion -- Conclusion: Love, meaning, happiness
