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Epicurus and Hedonistic Happiness
Epicurus contradicted that of metaphysical philosophers. He believed that happiness had more to do with earthly dimensions more than its involvement in the spiritual world.
He is widely known for founding the school of thought of "Epicureanism" and proposed the principle of which balance and temperance were what created the space for happiness.
He once said that "he who is not satisfied with little, is satisfied with nothing."
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José Ortega y Gasset and Happiness As A Convergence
Jose Ortega y Gasset believed that happiness is found when the projected life and the effective life coincide with each other. This translates to "the paths of what we want to be and what we truly converge."
He believed that everyone has the desire to be happy and each per...
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Slavoj Zizek and Happiness As A Paradox
Zizek believes that true happiness is merely a matter of opinion not of truth.
To him, satisfaction and contentment are products that are born under capitalistic values where it promises eternal satisfaction through consumption. Unbeknownst to us, dissatis...
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Aristotle and Metaphysical Happiness
Aristotle believed that happiness could be achieved through living a life of virtue. It is the highest desire and ambition of all human beings and nothing can stop them from achieving so.
Cultivating one's virtue is the surefire way of reaching happiness. It's more than a ...
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Friedrich Nietzsche and The Criticism of Happiness
Nietzsche is the philosopher who believed that the people who desire to live a life with no worries are mediocre people that do not give greater meaning to life.
Happiness to him is an ephemeral and fleeting condition that could end at any possible moment. He believed that contentm...
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Money And Happiness
The debate about how material belongings can get in the way of our happiness dates back hundreds of years:
- The Buddha talked about a balance between asceticism and pleasure.
- Early Christian monasticism preached spiritual transformation through simple living.
- Philoso...
Friedrich Nietzsche and The Criticism of Happiness
Nietzsche is the philosopher who believed that the people who desire to live a life with no worries are mediocre people that do not give greater meaning to life.
Happiness to him is an ephemeral and fleeting condition that could end at any possible moment. He believed that contentm...
José Ortega y Gasset and Happiness As A Convergence
Jose Ortega y Gasset believed that happiness is found when the projected life and the effective life coincide with each other. This translates to "the paths of what we want to be and what we truly converge."
He believed that everyone has the desire to be happy and each per...
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