Subscribe to our newsletter. The thirst after happiness is never extinguished in the heart of man. At its simplest, happiness is pleasure as an end to itself. This is known as hedonism, and is a pretty straightforward pursuit of something because it makes you feel good.
Happiness is the pleasure of the moment, the goal.
That Tea Party Morality is not properly the doctrine of how we may make ourselves happy, but how we may make ourselves worthy of happiness. In a rebut to hedonism and Aristippus, Aristotle went on record as believing that happiness was tied not to bodily pleasure, but to one's fulfillment of their human potentialities. With so much outside our control, shoot for what you want and embrace what you hit, but shrug off the misses. Start driving targeted traffic to your site with Sprinks, About's Sponsored Links program. Inc. All rights reserved.