desire lies in absolute perfection. Aristotle: In my opinion‚ the Supreme Good‚ or Happiness‚ is to lead a life that allows us to use and develop our reason. In contrast to amusement or pleasure‚ which can also be enjoyed by other beings‚ such as animals‚ happiness is not a state but an activity‚ and if genuine‚ is long-lasting. Aquinas: So what you’re saying is that good or bad fortune affects our happiness? A- Yes. In order to have a good fortune‚ one needs external or material goods‚ a position
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The Pursuit of Happiness ------------------------------------------------- As the most significant sign of wealth‚ possessing a large sum of money has become a unique pursuit for many people around the world. Many people believe that they can achieve happiness if they have a lot of money. But can money really buy true happiness? Would it be better to have one million dollars or to have a happy life? Some people are really rich but lonely‚ while others are poor but happy with their surrounding
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Does money bring happiness? This question comes up a lot in movies and films‚ as well as in everyday life‚ but the way people answer it always varies‚ the way they answer it also says a lot about what kind of person they are and what they value most in life. You need money to get pretty much everything in life‚ from food‚ to clothes‚ to a roof over your head. However there are some things that money just cannot buy‚ including happiness. Many people believe that money brings happiness‚ these people
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determine what is more significant for them‚ money or happiness‚ it is needless to say‚ that money can buy lots of things but then again‚ the decision is ours‚ to choose if things will make us happy. Alternatively‚ lots of possessions that we first "want" turn out to be dissatisfactions and baggage that doesn’t please us. On the other hand‚ happiness is not just set by one single factor but many others. From my perspective‚ however‚ happiness does not always increase in direct proportion to the
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what does happiness mean to you? Many people say money can’t buy you happiness‚ some people say it can. Some people say How can you not be happy when you have a lot of money? people also say Having too much money can get in the way of happiness. To me‚ money’s just paper that lets you buy things you want and need. Can this paper really buy you happiness? I used the book by Tennessee Williams and the play by Tennessee Williams‚ I also used another source by a Harvard professor named Patrick Gillespie
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our population‚ technology‚ cultures developed our nation’s happiness did as well. From the day we take our first breathe we are given the right of “Life‚ Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness”. As we grow older we take more and more advantage of those rights given to us from our Founding Fathers‚ we live‚ we do as we please (without breaking laws of course)‚ and we fight to find things that provide us with happiness. In “Nation of Happiness of Pursuit”‚ the authors Jeffrey Kluger‚ Alex Aciman‚ Katy
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Modern Society’s Happiness… Genuine or Not? Modern day society is not at the same extent of totalitarianism through science and technology as the one depicted in the novel Brave New World by Aldous Huxley. The utopian society which is set in A.F. 632 revolves around a world in which pleasure and the pursuit of happiness are the key aspects in each characters everyday life. This is achieved by the scientific and technological advances in Brave New World. The government’s means of control is to
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True happiness is one of the greatest thing we can experience as human beings. We find it in our friends‚ in our family‚ and in our loved ones. It shows us how the world should be and gives us a reason and a drive to become better. Once one experiences true happiness for the first time they wish to feel it again and again. This should not be a bad thing however‚ as this desire is what motivations people to try and solve the problems of the world and spread this happiness. Where this become a problem
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I believe that money does not buy happiness. Happiness is a feeling we find within ourselves as human beings. An object shouldn’t be able to define that happiness. Happiness isn’t based off of money. I feel that money can make a person happy for that one moment but not for a lifetime. This is something really important and is something that everyone should learn and take note in. There are some people who depend on money so much. Some human beings out there obtain certain jobs because of
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What Is Happiness? You ask me what is happiness. Hear me out. Here I am blessed‚ alive and working towards my goals. Listen to me without thinking that I’m arrogant‚ snobbish‚ or thinking that I have it all together. Your opinions will no longer define me and my happiness. Take a walk in my shoes and learn how hard it is to remain sane in a world full of negativity and doubt. Happiness is having friends and family that you can go to in a time of need. They are always there‚ and they will always
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