Is Growth More Important Than Pleasure?
1. Beginning: Two Seeds in One Soil Imagine planting two seeds in the same fertile soil. You give both enough ...
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Is Pleasure the Same as Happiness?
1. Beginning: Two Sparks, One Fire Imagine an old blacksmith who has spent his entire life forging fire and striking ...
Happiness, Satisfaction, and Fulfillment: What Are Their Differences?
1. Three Travelers on One Road Imagine three travelers walking side by side along a road. The first is a ...
What is the relationship between flourishing and happiness?
**1. The Gardener Who Cultivates the Tree of His Life** Imagine an old man who has spent his entire life ...
What Exactly Does “Living Well” Mean?
**1. In Search of a Lost Definition** A few years ago, at an interdisciplinary conference on "quality of life," six ...
Life Satisfaction: Can One Have Desire and Still Be Satisfied?
"A contented person is not one who wants nothing; it is one who knows why they want." Golden Line of ...
Why was the book “Why Don’t We Enjoy Life?” written?
From a Simple Question to a Historical Problem A few years ago, after one of my philosophy of ethics classes, ...
When the Body is Full but the Soul is Hungry!
Man does not live by bread and material needs alone; just as the body needs healthy nourishment to continue living, ...
Decoding a Pure Human Essence
So often it happens to us, in the midst of life's relentless chaos, that suddenly a feeling deep within invites ...