Philosophical
What if happiness isn't something you feel?
When most people hear "happiness," they picture a feeling. A warm glow, a good mood, a smile. Aristotle thought that was a category error. You're confusing the side effect with the thing itself.
One swallow does not make a summer, nor does one day. And so too, one day, or a short time, does not make a man blessed and happy.— Aristotle, *Nicomachean Ethics*
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The thinker
Ancient Greek Philosopher
Aristotle (384–322 BCE) was one of the most influential philosophers in Western history, whose works on ethics, logic, and science shaped thought for millennia.
Based on Nicomachean Ethics, Book I — Aristotle (MIT Classics), summarised and reframed by Insights.
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