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Nearly Sane

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Happiness
« on: October 20, 2016, 10:03:46 AM »

At least as defined by some philosophers

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Re: Happiness
« Reply #1 on: October 20, 2016, 10:18:51 AM »
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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Re: Happiness
« Reply #2 on: October 20, 2016, 11:45:02 AM »
Bertrand Russell lived in the early 19th Century? I don't think so!
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Re: Happiness
« Reply #3 on: October 20, 2016, 12:26:35 PM »
Russell was born in 1872 and died in 1970.
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Re: Happiness
« Reply #4 on: October 20, 2016, 12:42:50 PM »
Quote from: Floo on October 20, 2016, 12:26:35 PM
Russell was born in 1872 and died in 1970.
Exactly - late 19th Century.
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Re: Happiness
« Reply #5 on: October 20, 2016, 03:55:57 PM »
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Re: Happiness
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Re: Happiness
« Reply #7 on: October 20, 2016, 05:55:23 PM »
'specially if you're French.
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Re: Happiness
« Reply #8 on: October 20, 2016, 07:05:58 PM »
Quote from: Trentvoyager on October 20, 2016, 10:18:51 AM
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."
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