"Empirical Verity, Utilitarian Virtue, and Temporal Bliss" reviews and examines some of the most fundamental approaches to the understanding of the concepts of realness, morality, and wellbeing, from antiquity to the present time. Although the book is written from a progressive viewpoint, it strives to avoid idealistic overoptimism and overreaching conclusions. --- For most of his adult life, Aviv Sover was creating, teaching, and writing about visual arts. Now that he is retired, he decided to pursue some of his other intellectual interests of long standing, namely history and philosophy.