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Tuesday, April 2, 2019

Happiness returns to MTSU

Philosophy of Happiness, Fall 2019

Returning to MTSU, Fall 2019-
PHIL 3160 –
Philosophy of Happiness
Tuesdays & Thursdays, 2:40-4:05 pm, James Union Building 202. 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.
Special emphasis Fall 2019: "Graceful Life" philosophies, esp. Epicureanism & Stoicism


TEXTS, Fall 2019:
  • Epicureanism: A Very Short Introduction by Wilson 978-0199688326
  • Happiness: A Very Short Introduction by Haybron 978-0199590605
  • The Art of Happiness by Epicurus 978-0143107217
  • How to Be an Epicurean: The Ancient Art of Living Well, by Wilson (to be published September 2019)
  • Stoicism: A Very Short Introduction by Inwood (978-0198786665).
Also recommended:
  • A Guide to the Good Life: The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy by Irvine 978-0195374612
  • How to Be a Stoic by Pigliucci 978-1541644533 


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"Happiness isn't good enough for me! I demand euphoria!


“Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life, the whole aim and end of human existence.” Aristotle

“The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts.” - Marcus Aurelius

 “Rules for Happiness: something to do, someone to love, something to hope for.”   Immanuel Kant

“Happiness consists in frequent repetition of pleasure”

“The advantage of a bad memory is that one enjoys several times the same good things for the first time.”  Friedrich Nietzsche

“If only we'd stop trying to be happy, we could have a pretty good time.”  Edith Wharton

“You will never be happy if you continue to search for what happiness consists of. You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life.”   Albert Camus

“Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know.”  Ernest Hemingway

“This planet has - or rather had - a problem, which was this: most of the people living on it were unhappy for pretty much of the time. Many solutions were suggested for this problem, but most of these were largely concerned with the movement of small green pieces of paper, which was odd because on the whole it wasn't the small green pieces of paper that were unhappy… I'd far rather be happy than right any day.” ― Douglas Adams


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Don't Panic!

For more info contact Dr. Phil Oliver, Phil.Oliver@mtsu.edu
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  •  “Death does not concern us, because as long as we exist, death is not here. And when it does come, we no longer exist.” 
  • “It is folly for a man to pray to the gods for that which he has the power to obtain by himself.” 
  • “Of all the means to insure happiness throughout the whole life, by far the most important is the acquisition of friends.” 
  • “Empty is the argument of the philosopher which does not relieve any human suffering.” 
  • “We must, therefore, pursue the things that make for happiness, seeing that when happiness is present, we have everything; but when it is absent, we do everything to possess it.” 
  • “Not what we have But what we enjoy, constitutes our abundance.” 
  • “He who says either that the time for philosophy has not yet come or that it has passed is like someone who says that the time for happiness has not yet come or that it has passed.” ― Epicurus
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