Adam and Eve committing original sin, detail from The Virgin of Victory, 1496, by Andrea Mantegna (1431-1506), tempera on canvas, 280x166 cm. Getty Images
Aug 02, 2017
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Bruce Feiler is the author of six bestseller, including Walking the Bible. This piece is adapted from his latest book, The First Love Story: Adam, Eve, and Us.
In a groundbreaking address to the American Psychological Association in 1998, Martin Seligman called for the creation of “positive psychology,” a reoriented science that focused less on individual’s defects and more on their successful qualities — optimism, hardiness and the capacity for growth. The explosion of research into happiness and mindfulness that followed brought renewed attention to timeless thinkers like Confucius, Mencius and Marcus Aurelius./.../
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