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SUMMARY:Friendship and Happiness Debate - Richard Schoch\, Professor of th
 e History of Culture at Queen Mary\, University of London and Mark Vernon\
 , writer\, broadcaster\, blogger and journalist
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DESCRIPTION:Mark Vernon & Richard Schoch\nChair: Jonathan Carr-West\, RSA\
 n\nFriendship is key to happiness but we cannot find happiness in isolatio
 n. According to Aristotle “Without friends none of the other good things
  in life would be worth having”. Yet friendship is often ignored or side
 lined in current debates on happiness.   One of the best habits to develop
  for being happy is that of friendship. So what is friendship? What are it
 s nature and rules\, its perils and its promise? And can we be happy in a 
 society where citizens are routinely treated as threats or rivals rather t
 han as actual or potential friends?\n\nRichard Schoch is Professor of the 
 History of Culture at Queen Mary\, University of London\, where he is also
  Director of the Graduate School in Humanities and Social Sciences.  His m
 ost recent book is "The Secrets of Happiness: Three Thousand Years of Sear
 ching for the Good Life".  Schoch has pursued happiness for the Independen
 t on Sunday\, Daily Telegraph\, The Philosophers’ Magazine\, BBC One's 
 ‘Heaven and Earth Show’ and Radio 4's 'Start the Week'.  He is current
 ly writing a book on leisure.\n\nMark Vernon is a writer\, broadcaster\, b
 logger and journalist. He is the author of 'The Philosophy of Friendship' 
 and 'Science\, Religion and the Meaning of Life'  and a regular contributo
 r to Management Today\, the Guardian\, the Financial Times\, the TLS and o
 ther business publications. He also broadcasts on the BBC\, most notably f
 or Radio 4's In Our Time.\n\nThis event is FREE and open to the public but
  advance booking is necessary.\nReserve seats by booking online at www.the
 RSA.org/events or contact:\n\nRSA Lectures\, 8 John Adam Street\, London W
 C2N 6EZ\nEmail: lectures@rsa.org.uk  \nTelephone: 020 7451 6868  Fax 020 7
 839 5805\n
LOCATION:Cripps Court\, Chesterton Lane\, Magdalene College\, Cambridge
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