Happiness Is The Goal Of Life - Happiness Is A Life In Which Pleasure Predominates Over Pain

    2. FollowUp On Quote Submitted By Pacatus - "It is not a sign of good health to be well adjusted to a sick society." 19

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      • July 23, 2026 at 1:18 PM
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    4. Cassius

      July 23, 2026 at 1:18 PM

    2. The Relationship of Happiness and Blessedness 20

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    4. Patrikios

      July 13, 2026 at 6:21 PM

    2. Causes of Happiness 4

      • Kalosyni
      • May 1, 2026 at 8:49 PM
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    2. Roman Felicitas And Its Relevance to "Happiness" 1

      • Cassius
      • January 13, 2026 at 9:37 AM
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      January 13, 2026 at 9:16 PM

    2. What Is Happiness? How Does Our Conception of It Derive From Eudaemonia and Felicitas? Should Happiness Be The Goal of Life? 19

      • Don
      • December 16, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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      • January 9, 2026 at 6:33 PM
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      January 9, 2026 at 6:33 PM

    2. Happiness As Not Requiring Complete Absence of Pain 1

      • Cassius
      • December 4, 2025 at 8:37 AM
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      • December 4, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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      December 4, 2025 at 11:30 AM

    2. Epicurean Philosophy In Relation To Gulags and the Rack 6

      • Cassius
      • April 26, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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      • April 30, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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    2. Is the Epicurean Always Happy? 7

      • Cassius
      • February 17, 2024 at 2:18 PM
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      • June 3, 2024 at 5:27 PM
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    4. Little Rocker

      June 3, 2024 at 5:27 PM

    2. Pleasure is the Ultimate Good but a Pleasant Life is the Goal 2

      • Kalosyni
      • October 10, 2023 at 11:33 AM
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    4. Cassius

      October 10, 2023 at 11:33 AM

    2. On "Happiness" As An Abstraction / "Pleasure" As a Feeling 26

      • Cassius
      • October 1, 2019 at 12:13 PM
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      • January 13, 2021 at 5:55 PM
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      January 13, 2021 at 5:55 PM

    2. Does Happiness Require a Non-Epicurean Decision Procedure? 24

      • Pivot
      • January 9, 2019 at 6:20 AM
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      • February 10, 2019 at 7:04 AM
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    4. Cassius

      February 10, 2019 at 7:04 AM

    2. Before We Answer "How Do We Achieve Happiness?" we have to answer "What is Happiness?"

      • Cassius
      • July 19, 2018 at 9:06 AM
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