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		pnut on Aug 16, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Aristotle – How to live a good life Happiness and sadness are emotions - inherently transient. I have actually thought that "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness" was aan error, and should have been "life, liberty, and the pursuit of fulfilment"

HKH2 on Aug 17, 2024 | [–]

Yes, pursuing happiness is shortsighted.

lo_zamoyski on Aug 16, 2024 | [–]

Happiness is not an emotion. That was the whole point of the article.

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