TY - BOOK ID - 80731928 TI - The history of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia AU - Johnson, Samuel AU - Keymer, Thomas PY - 2009 SN - 1282346644 9786612346644 019156818X 9780191568183 019922997X 9780199229970 9780199229970 0191607843 0191956309 PB - Oxford : Oxford University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Happiness UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:80731928 AB - What then is to be done? said Rasselas; the more we inquire, the less we can resolve.'Rasselas and his companions escape the pleasures of the 'happy valley' in order to make their 'choice of life'. By witnessing the misfortunes and miseries of others they may come to understand the nature of happiness, and value it more highly. Their travels and enquiries raise important practical and philosophical questions concerning many aspects of the human condition, including the business of a poet, the stability of reason, the immortality of the soul, and how to find contentment. Johnson's adaptation of ER -