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What Is Happiness?

What Is Happiness? This article covers the answer to the question: “What Is Happiness?” The primary meaning of this term in all the leading European languages seems to involve the notion of good fortune, good chance, good happening; but from a very early date in the history of Greek philosophy the conception...

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Aversion To Happiness

Aversion To Happiness Aversion to happiness, also called cherophobia or fear of happiness, is an attitude towards happiness in which individuals may deliberately avoid experiences that invoke positive emotions or happiness. One of several reasons why cherophobia may develop is the belief that when one becomes happy, a negative event will soon occur...

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Happiness Does Not Always Lie In Being Rich

Happiness Does Not Always Lie In Being Rich Happiness does not always lie in being rich. ‘Happiness’ is the subject of debate on usage and meaning, and on possible differences in understanding by culture. Happiness is used in the context of mental or emotional states, including positive or pleasant emotions ranging from contentment...

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Philosophy Of Happiness

Philosophy Of Happiness The philosophy of happiness is the philosophical concern with the existence, nature, and attainment of happiness. Philosophers believe, happiness can be understood as the moral goal of life or as an aspect of chance; indeed, in most European languages the term happiness is synonymous with luck. Thus, philosophers usually...

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Hanging On To Happiness

Hanging On To Happiness The raising of happiness also translated into improvements in general energy levels, sleep, and overall well-being. A second important method for raising happiness levels was to set oneself the task of performing acts of altruism, what Anne Herbert termed, “Practice random acts of kindness and senseless...

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Happiness

What Is Happiness? Since the 1960s, happiness research has been conducted in a wide variety of scientific disciplines, including gerontology, social psychology, clinical and medical research, and happiness economics. Happiness is used in the context of mental or emotional states, including positive or pleasant emotions ranging from contentment to intense...

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7 Ways to Make Happiness Last

7 Ways to Make Happiness Last The experience of happiness simply doesn’t last. It can’t, given the very nature of the brain. But that fact by no means suggests that happiness is not a worthy pursuit. Of course it is! The key I believe is to pursue happiness in a...