PHIL 3160 – Philosophy of Happiness

What is it, how can we best pursue it, why should we? Supporting the study of these and related questions at Middle Tennessee State University and beyond. "Examining the concept of human happiness and its application in everyday living as discussed since antiquity by philosophers, psychologists, writers, spiritual leaders, and contributors to pop culture."

Saturday, September 25, 2021

Light and dark

This reminds me of the question we considered in class on Thursday: What do we think about Nabokov's "common sense" view of our predicament, our "cradle above the abyss," our "brief crack of light between two eternities of darkness"? And also of "the truest vision of life I know, that bird in the Venerable Bede that flutters from the dark into a lighted hall, and after a while flutters out again into the dark"...
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  1. Caleb BarbierSeptember 28, 2021 at 1:53 PM

    I believe the claim that we’re only given a few years before we go back into darkness is mistaken. Each of us, at least a part of us, wants to live forever. Now, will we? I believe so, but that’s another argument for another day. I want to add, though, that happiness is only maintained if it pursues an everlasting good. If nothing is everlasting, how could anyone ever be fulfilled forever?

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