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Happiness Library

Want to know what the Ancient Greeks thought and said about happiness?
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— Happiness Contents —

 

Ten readings (including the Introduction) in yellow are available below.

 

1. Introduction  2. The Happiness Goal—We Act for Happiness  3. Happiness Formulas—Happy the Man Who 4. Happiness Is the Satisfaction of Desire—Getting What You Want 5. The How of Happiness—The Means by Which 6. The Problem with Happiness—How No One Is Truly Happy 7. Happy Times & Happy Places—The Ideal of Happiness 8. Happy Gods & Happy People—The Happy Few 9. Isocrates 10. Plato & Socrates 11. Xenophon & Socrates 12. Aristotle 13. Aristippus of Cyrene & Cyrenaicism 14. Diogenes of Sinope—The Cynics & Cynicism 15. Zeno of Citium & Early Stoicism 16. Epicurus & Epicureanism 17. Epictetus, Marcus Autrelius, Seneca & Later Stoicism 18. Pyrrho of Elis, Sextus Empiricus & Skepticism 19. Plotinus & Neoplatonism 20. Conclusion

If you are looking wisdom related to Greek thinking about happiness and ways to practice happiness, go to the Happiness Gymnasium here.

Reading 1

Introduction

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Reading 2

The Happiness Goal

We Act for Happiness
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Reading 3

Happiness Formulas

Happy the Man Who
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Reading 7

Happy Times & Happy Places

The Ideal of Happiness
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Reading 10

Plato & Socrates

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Reading 11

Xenophon & Socrates

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Reading 12

Aristotle

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Reading 16

Epicurus & Epicureanism

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Reading 18

Pyrrho of Elis, Sextus Empiricus & Skepticism

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Reading 19

Plotinus & Neoplatonism

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