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  1. Jun 27, 2016 · For those moments, it can help to fall back on the wisdom of history's greatest thinkers: Kierkegaard, Socrates, Thoreau, and the Buddha. Here's what philosophers discovered about happiness long before orange became the new black. "There is no path to happiness: happiness is the path" — Gautama Buddha, alive around 500 BC.

  2. Summary. Reprint: R1201H In the 18th century, the Enlightenment ushered in the notion that happiness was the attainment of a worthy life. Since then the pursuit of happiness has spread to every ...

    • A Look at The Philosophy of Happiness
    • Aristotle on Happiness
    • What Is Real Happiness?
    • The Value and Importance of Having True Happiness in Life
    • The Biggest Causes That Bring True Happiness in Life
    • 15 Ways to Create Happy Moments in Life
    • Five Reasons to Be Happy from A Philosophical Perspective
    • Finding Happiness in Family Life
    • A Look at Happiness and Productivity
    • How Does Loneliness Affect Life Satisfaction?

    Happiness. It is a term that is taken for granted in this modern age. However, since the dawn of time, philosophers have been pursuing the inquiry of happiness… after all, the purpose of life is not just to live, but to live ‘well’. Philosophers ask some key questions about happiness: can people be happy? If so, do they want to? If people have both...

    Chances are, you have heard of the ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle. Are you aware that it was Aristotle who introduced the ‘science of happiness’? (Pursuit of Happiness, 2018). Founder of Lyceum, the first scientific institute in Athens, Aristotle delivered a series of lectures termed Nicomachean Ethics to present his theory of happiness (Pursu...

    What does ‘true’ happiness look like? Is it landing the dream job? Having a child? Graduating from university? Whilst happiness is certainly associated with these ‘external’ factors, true happiness is quite different. To be truly happy, a person’s sense of contentment with their life needs to come from within (Puff, 2018). In other words, real happ...

    Most people would say that, if they could, they would like to be happy. As well as being desirable, happiness is both important and valuable. Happy people have better social and work relationships (Conkle, 2008). In terms of career, happy individuals are more likely to complete college, secure employment, receive positive work evaluations from thei...

    Interestingly, objective life circumstances (demographic details) only account for 8% – 15% of the variance in happiness (Kesebir & Diener, 2008). So what causes true happiness? Kesebir and Diener (2008) identified five sources of happiness: Wealthis the first cause of happiness. Studies have shown a significant positive correlation between wealth ...

    We can, to a certain extent, determine how happy we feel. Kane (2017) has come up with 15 ways in which happiness can be increased:

    Philosophers believe that happiness is not by itself sufficient to achieve a state of wellbeing, but at the same time, they agree that it is one of the primary factors found in individuals who lead a ‘good life’ (Haybron, 2011). What then, are reasons to be happy from a philosophical perspective… what contributes to a person living a ‘good life’? T...

    Many of us spend a lot of time with our families. However, as much we love our partners, children, siblings, and extended families, at times family relationships can be fraught with challenges and problems. Nonetheless, it is possible for us to find happiness in family life by doing some simple, yet effective things suggested by Mann (2007): 1. Enj...

    The aim of any workplace is to have productive employees. This leads to the question – can happiness increase productivity? The results are unequivocal! Researchers Boehm and Lyubomirsky define a ‘happy worker’ as one who frequently experiences positive emotions such as joy, satisfaction, contentment, enthusiasm, and interest (Oswald, Proto & Sgroi...

    According to the Belonging Hypothesis put forth by psychologists Baumeister and Leary in 1995, human beings have an almost universal, fundamental human need to have a certain degree of interaction with others and to form relationships. Indeed, people who are lonely have an unmet need to belong (Mellor, Stokes, Firth, Hayashi & Cummins, 2008). Lonel...

  3. Sep 15, 2024 · eudaemonism. happiness, in psychology, a state of emotional well-being that a person experiences either in a narrow sense, when good things happen in a specific moment, or more broadly, as a positive evaluation of one’s life and accomplishments overall—that is, subjective well-being. Happiness can be distinguished both from negative ...

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  4. Feb 6, 2023 · But now they’ve been put together into a book, The Good Life: Lessons From the World’s Longest Scientific Study of Happiness. Written by the study’s current director and associate director, Robert Waldinger and Marc Schulz, the book not only reveals what factors lead to a “good life,” but also why it’s never too late to nudge our ...

  5. Mar 2, 2021 · The pleasurable life. The pleasurable life is related to short-term happiness, hedonic happiness derived from the Greek word “hedonism,” and involves filling our lives with small delights ...

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  7. Jan 11, 2021 · Happiness is one of many duties of the human being, an ultimate and supreme duty that obliges us to be worthy of it. Happiness in the Kantian world does not depend on fate or others, but on ...