Year
2015
Publisher
De Gruyter
Language
English
Pages
23
Last Update
05-Sep-2024
Keywords
Religion
Are you happy? Many people would classify their well-being at a high level.¹ On the other hand, more and more people who live in rich countries suffer from depression or burn-out. What then is lacking on our path to a happy existence and what can we ourselves contribute to our own happiness?
Today’s psychological research on happiness distinguishes between moments of joy (fortuna/εὐτυχία) on the one hand, and being happy, in terms of a lasting happiness (beatitudo, felicitas/εὐδαιμονία) on the other. People who are permanently happy are, according to the Greek definition, filled with a good spirit (εὐδαιμονία). Because of...
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