The definition for happiness is the mental or emotional state of well-being characterized by positive or pleasant emotions ranging from gratification to intense joy. Though this is a reasonable explanation‚ happiness can mean many different things to other people‚ for it is a concept that can vary significantly according to context or conditions. It is because of this variety of interpretation that psychologists emerged and tried to determine these distinctive concepts of happiness‚ in order to help
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The Greeks had many ideas that contributed to the big concept of happiness. One of the many ideas that I learn from Greek philosophies is the idea of Agnostic‚ From a Greek meaning “unknown” or “unknowable”. This is commonly used to describe a person who does not patiently disbelieve in god but who asserts that nothing about god‚ including his existence‚ can be known for a certain. Another concept that compromises the idea of happiness is morality‚ in other words‚ depending on your beliefs distinguishing
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happiness is more of a long-term state of being‚ more of an end goal than a momentary feeling. He explains that people should search for the chief good for ourselves and no one else‚ “that which it is always desirable in itself and not ever for the sake of something else” (Nicomachean Ethics‚ 1097a30-34). We often search for money and pleasure in today’s society because we believe that these materialistic elements will bring us instant happiness‚ but it simply brings momentary enjoyment. Aristotle
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In the roaring 1920’s‚ the American Dream shifted from worthwhile goals of “Life‚ Liberty‚ and the Pursuit of Happiness” as described by the forefathers of the United States to an uninhibited materialistic state of mind previously considered frivolous and even immoral. The historical prohibition of alcohol and the end of World War I and the sudden uprise in the general wealth of the country added to the breakdown of what was considered “right” and “decent” to society. No work so clearly paints the
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The word happiness resembles success to me. Happiness is a significant word than the term hustle. Success does not necessarily mean obtaining money‚ or having enormous houses. Happiness can be defined as being joyful in any of your momentous parts of your life. Happiness can lead you in acquiring splendid experiences throughout your life. Those wonderful experiences can guide you in finding and accomplishing your passion. There is no necessity for stressing and hustling your way out to success. When
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The Paradox of Money and Happiness “The ideas that rich and poor are equal before the law and that the vote of a rich man counts just as much as those of a poor man are two of the most radical ideas in human history. They are‚ of course‚ the essence of democracy.” Robert Kuttner‚ the Power of Money (Boston Globe 2001) By this he seems to mean that‚ the vote of a poor man is as powerful as that of a rich man although when a rich man comes out to vote in public is becomes very
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Real Happiness By: Julie Ann De Villa Sadsad “Unending happiness is a bore; one should have ups and downs in life”. As a living creature‚ obstacles shadow our existence. And yet‚ we all think that this would break our HAPPINESS‚ the thing that we are all dreading and longing for. Well‚ nobody can deny that matter‚ because it has been proven beyond the shadow of doubt‚ that we‚ individuals all need happiness in life. We actually strive to find something to quench our thirst in happiness in every
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Many people spend their entire lives searching for the key to a meaningful life. But the question is which is more valuable - financial success or happiness. In A Christmas Carol‚ written by Charles Dickens‚ a greedy old miser named Scrooge endures such a search for meaning and ultimately finds the treasure of life. He needs the help of three spirits‚ who appear during the night on Christmas Eve‚ to help him see how his inconsiderate and greedy actions affect others and leave him alone. As a result
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Daniel Gilbert‚ the author of "Stumbling on Happiness"‚ questions how a person can have a hard time accurately predicting what can make them happy in the future. Gilbert states that imaginations is what limits our way in understanding happiness. Humans have the ability to imagine the future‚ but they are really bad at it. We will not know how we feel tomorrow‚ or next year‚ or ten years later‚ we predict the future wrong. Gilbert states that it is our imagination and illusion of foresight which causes
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Student Name: Yaxin Wang Professor: Tanja Krupa English Composition Date: 3/18/2013 Tuesday Happiness On the life—and suicide—of happiness researcher Philip Brickman‚ Jennifer Senior‚ who has written dozens of articles for New York magazine from 2004 through 2011‚ writes: “There’s an untold distance between knowing happiness and knowing about it.”(428) ‘Sometimes‚ to our blinking incomprehension‚ the distance can only be measured in the space between this life and the next.’(428) Jennifer
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