Religion and Ethics Forum
General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: Nearly Sane on October 20, 2016, 10:03:46 AM
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At least as defined by some philosophers
http://tinyurl.com/hjj3pnh
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I rather like Thoreau's definition:
"Happiness is like a butterfly; the more you chase it, the more it will elude you, but if you turn your attention to other things, it will come and sit softly on your shoulder"
It is certainly the one that most chimes with my personal experience.
(and btw the same applies to Robins in the garden)
Although it also fits quite happily with Aristotle's notion:
"Happiness depends upon ourselves"
An interesting read, thanks NS
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Bertrand Russell lived in the early 19th Century? I don't think so!
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Russell was born in 1872 and died in 1970.
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Russell was born in 1872 and died in 1970.
Exactly - late 19th Century.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlYMID5qCdE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zei3xnivwFk
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http://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/threads/happiness-happiness-the-greatest.68693/
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'specially if you're French.
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I rather like Thoreau's definition:
"Happiness is like a butterfly; the more you chase it, the more it will elude you, but if you turn your attention to other things, it will come and sit softly on your shoulder"
It is certainly the one that most chimes with my personal experience.
(and btw the same applies to Robins in the garden)
Although it also fits quite happily with Aristotle's notion:
"Happiness depends upon ourselves"
An interesting read, thanks NS
...and then it deposits a little turd on your shoulder, laughs, and then flaps off to return another day."