page_title: Philosophy of happiness
section_title: Ancient Greece
hierarchical_section_title: Philosophy of happiness / Ancient Greece
caption_attribution_description: Pendant of File:Hendrik ter Brugghen - Heraclitus.jpg
context_page_description: The philosophy of happiness is the philosophical concern with the existence, nature, and attainment of happiness. Some philosophers believe happiness can be understood as the moral goal of life or as an aspect of chance; indeed, in most European languages the term happiness is synonymous with luck. Thus, philosophers usually explicate on happiness as either a state of mind, or a life that goes well for the person leading it. Given the pragmatic concern for the attainment of happiness, research in psychology has guided many modern day philosophers in developing their theories.
caption: Democritus by Hendrick ter Brugghen, 1628.
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