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1、AUTHENTICHAPPINESSbyMartinE.P.Seligman,Ph.DOCRedandCompactedbyDainstanthitCONTENTSPrefacePART1:POSTIVEEMOTIONPositiveFeelingandPositiveCharacterHowPsychologyLostItsWayandIFoundMineWhyBothertoBeHappier?CanYouMakeYourselfLastingHappier?SatisfactionaboutthePastOptimismaboutt
2、heFutureHappinessinthePresentPART2:STRENGHTHANDVIRTUERenewingStrengthandVirtueYourSignatureStrengthsPART3:INTHEMANSIONSOFLIFEWorkandPersonalSatisfactionLoveRepriseandSummaryMeaningandPurposeAppendix:TerminologyandTheoryPREFACEFORthelasthalfcenturypsychologyhasbeenconsumed
3、withasingletopiconly-mentalillness-andhasdonefairlywellwithit.Psychologistscannowmeasuresuchonce-fuzzyconceptsasdepression,schizophrenia,andalcoholismwithconsiderableprecision.Wenowknowagooddealabouthowthesetroublesdevelopacrossthelifespan,andabouttheirgenetics,theirbioch
4、emistry,andtheirpsychologicalcauses.Bestofallwehavelearnedhowtorelievethesedisorders.Bymylastcount,fourteenoutoftheseveraldozenmajormentalillnessescouldbeeffectivelytreated(andtwoofthemcured)withmedicationandspecificformsofpsychotherapy.Butthisprogresshascomeatahighcost.R
5、elievingthestatesthatmakelifemiserable,itseems,hasmadebuildingthestatesthatmakelifeworthlivinglessofapriority.Butpeoplewantmorethanjusttocorrecttheirweaknesses.Theywantlivesimbuedwithmeaning,andnotjusttofidgetuntiltheydie.Lyingawakeatnight,youprobablyponder,asIhave,howtog
6、ofromplustwotoplusseveninyourlife,notjusthowtogofromminusfivetominusthreeandfeelalittlelessmiserabledaybyday.Ifyouaresuchaperson,youhaveprobablyfoundthefieldofpsychologytobeapuzzlingdisappointment.Thetimehasfinallyarrivedforasciencethatseekstounderstandpositiveemotion,bui
7、ldstrengthandvirtue,andprovideguidepostsforfindingwhatAristotlecalledthe"goodlife."ThepursuitofhappinessisenshrinedintheDeclarationofIndependenceasarightofallAmericans,aswellasontheself-improvementshelvesofeveryAmericanbookstore.Yetthescientificevidencemakesitseemunlikely
8、thatyoucanchangeyourlevelofhappinessinanysustainableway.Itsuggeststhatweeachhaveafixedrangeforha
