...a person of refined taste is able to “place his happiness on such objects chiefly as depend upon himself. 27
What is it, how can we best pursue it, why should we? Supporting the study of these and related questions at Middle Tennessee State University and beyond. PHIL 3160 – Philosophy of Happiness - "Examining the concept of human happiness and its application in everyday living as discussed since antiquity by philosophers, psychologists, writers, spiritual leaders, and contributors to pop culture."
Thursday, June 21, 2018
David Hume's supreme Happiness
"As [Hume] told Hugh Blair, “reading and sauntering and lownging and dozing, which I call thinking, is my supreme Happiness."
Hume held that “friendship is the chief joy of human life,” and Smith proclaimed that the esteem and affection of one's friends constitutes “the chief part of human happiness. 5
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