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, October 8, 2023

A matter of survival

Philip Booth, a Robert Frost protégé, sounds Pragmatic to me: words are for coping, not copying…

"Writing poems is not a career but a lifetime of looking into, and listening to, how words see."

"I think survival is at stake for all of us all the time."

"Every poem, every work of art, everything that is well done, well made, well said, generously given, adds to our chances of survival." —Philip Booth

https://open.substack.com/pub/thewritersalmanac/p/the-writers-almanac-from-sunday-october-549?r=35ogp&utm_medium=ios&utm_campaign=post

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