Nov 25, 2009
In Episode 17, I take a look at an ancient definition of happiness. This view of happiness goes back at least 2,500 years to the time of Aristotle in ancient Greece. The story of Jill from the last episode is a good illustration of Aristotle's view on happiness, good and bad. While it is a familiar idea, I do not...
Nov 2, 2009
In this episode 16, we begin several installments on the question What is Happiness? In previous episodes we have come across this question before. Is love enough to make us happy? I have suggested that the answer is no, love by itself cannot make us happy. I avoided any further details about this question,...