Successor site to the Philosophy of Happiness blog (http://philoshap.blogspot.com/) that supported PHIL 3160 at MTSU, 2011-2019. The course returns Fall 2025.
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."
Tuesday, December 7, 2021
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Stoic happiness
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I've seen that in someone's final report recently. I'm with it in spirit, but I do think there's an element of discovery (and not pure creation) in the successful pursuit of happiness. We've got to discover our springs of delight, and then we've got to find stratagems (habits, attentive practices) that will reliably put us in touch with them. So the pursuit is both a creation and a search, albeit a search that brings us back 'round to home again. Like the poet said,
ReplyDelete“We shall not cease from exploration
And the end of all our exploring
Will be to arrive where we started
And know the place for the first time..."
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