Assertion: happiness | /r/HasProperty | state
Facets:
value: simply
type: MANNER
value: without regret
type: OTHER
value: without reservation
type: MANNER
value: essentially
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: Further, Boethius says (De Consol. iii) that happiness is "a state made perfect by the aggregate of all good things.
text: So, happiness is the state of feeling or showing pleasure or contentment.
text: Further, Boethius says (De Consol. iii) that happiness is "a state made perfect by the aggregate of all good things.
text: Happiness is a state, not a trait; in other words, it isn’t a long-lasting, permanent feature or personality trait, but a more fleeting, changeable state.
text: However, for our purposes in this piece, it’s enough to work off of a basic definition that melds the OED‘s definition with that of positive psychologists: happiness is a state characterized by contentment and general satisfaction with one’s current situation.
text: Happiness, as we described above, is a state characterized by feelings of contentment and satisfaction with one’s life or current situation.
text: Happiness is essentially a state of going somewhere, wholeheartedly, one-directionally, without regret or reservation.
text: Happiness is a state of being, not a pile of stuff.
text: Happiness is a state where nothing is missing.
text: Happiness is a state of being.
text: If not a state of having (past) or a state of being (present), happiness, therefore, must be a state of becoming (future): a process of becoming happier than one is now.
text: Happiness is a state of being
text: Happiness is the state of becoming more than what we currently are.
text: Happiness is simply the state of being happy.
text: In its own term, happiness is defined as, the state of being happy.