Happiness

What is happiness? How can one find happiness? Is it having a large amount of friends or having a few loyal ones? The definition of happiness is the state of being happy, showing pleasure or contentment. Many go through life searching for this pure happiness, but there are a lucky few that really find it. Some believe you can buy happiness, but if that is the case, why are some who have little to nothing so happy? Although some believe happiness comes from having a plethora of things, it is…

The Dalai Lama’s perspective of humanity, purpose of life and idea happiness can be compared to the Cyrenaics’s school of philosophy which was established by Aristippus of Cyrene (435 – 356 BCE). Aristippus was a pupil of Socrates, but had adopted a very different philosophical outlook, teaching that the goal of life was to seek pleasure by adapting circumstances to oneself and by maintaining proper control over both adversity and prosperity. Aristippus’s school of thought propounded that the…

There are many paths that we can choose to take to find happiness in our lives. We may all have different preferences and all seek different outcomes, but choosing christianity is beneficial to truly find happiness. Christianity gives you the golden ticket to happiness. If you choose christianity, you are guaranteed to find happiness through the most simple path. It fills in a void in your life, gives you a path to follow, and you get to have a fresh start in life through this path. So many…

Happiness is a mental state of feeling enjoyment or gratitude, happiness is a personal experience that differs from person to person. Sadness is a mental state of feeling disappointment or having a melancholy mood, sadness impacts people’s state of happiness. These two mental states are opposites but are both necessary. To reach a state of being happy is a goal for many people, sadness is associated with a bad connotation so is it a necessity? The answer is yes, sadness is painful, it can cause…

Happiness and stability are two things that every individual seeks in this world. Plato is one philosopher who was never afraid to talk about human nature and the quest for happiness. According to Plato, "reason" is the only thing individuals need to reach happiness and stability. Plato defines the three tripartite sides of the soul, i.e., appetitive, spirited, and rational (Murphy 113). The three are the perfect secret combination for happiness, justice, and democracy. This essay is an analysis…

how to achieve a life full of happiness. Many arguments can be discussed about which viewpoint could be classified as the underlying best, but, out of the various aspects, the Epicurean and Aristotelian concepts, in my opinion, make the most outstanding deliberation for Frederick’s situation. Are the ethics developed by Epicurus better suited for Frederick’s happy life, or do the moral principles surrounded by Aristotle promote a more enhanced account of happiness? The Epicureans would claim…

From all the traits I had I chose to write my story over happiness.The reason why I choose happiness is because this trip was fun and spending time with my family makes me happy. It was fun to just get out of Sioux Falls for a while to just spend time with my family. One of the time I had happiness is when I went on vacation to Spearfish and to Rapid City for a family vacation. I went with my whole family plus my grandparents came with too. My whole family and I got to see my older sister…

Webster dictionary the word Happiness in defined as Enjoying, showing, or marked by pleasure, satisfaction, or joy. People when they think of happiness, they think about having to good feeling inside. There are many types of happiness, which are expressed in many ways. Happiness is something that you can not just get it comes form your soul. Happiness is can be changed through many things that happen in our every day live. The results of the survey we made about the happiness were very…

you’ll achieve your goals by working hard, therefore making it possible to accomplish them. Being realistic makes you determine what you can or can’t execute in life, to do the impossible not the unbroken. For instance, the movie, “The Pursuit of Happiness” describes this realistic method. The main character in this movie starts off as a poor man with his child who was abandoned by his wife. Because his job doesn’t contribute fairly, he is left broke and homeless with his child. Due to this,…

shaped into a place of many goals and aspirations. One may decide to pursue the state of happiness as a future achievement. Goals vary from vague specific, and are often conceived as cliche. HOwever, how cliche must a goal be to come across as detrimental? THe American DReam and pursuit of Happiness have morphed from a quest contentment to the idea that you must be happy at all times and in every way. Pursuing happiness as a goal does have detrimental effects to those who wish to tackle it.…