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."

Sunday, January 1, 2023

How Henri Matisse (and I) Got a ‘Beautiful Body’

…there is a limit to the happiness we can find in maintaining what is generally accepted as a healthy or beautiful body: If you are fortunate enough to live a long life, your body will break down. And it is not only age that can have its way with our bodies. Illness, accident or disability can quickly put an end to that bodily source of happiness. What then?

As a professor of philosophy exploring important life questions with my students — most of them young people whose conception of the world is more likely to be shaped by social media and corporate messaging than by the occasional course in philosophy — this is one I return to often: How can we come to understand the full range of the body's aesthetic potential and power? 
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/25/opinion/matisse-disability-beauty-body.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
How Henri Matisse (and I) Got a 'Beautiful Body'

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