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Seneca's Stoicism

denominator among all mortals. Growing old is an inevitable stage of life that many people fight tooth and nail; for others, howe...

Comparison of Thomas Aquinas's Writings and The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli

greedy for gain" (Machiavelli 56). Men, Machiavelli argued, were by nature more interested in their own good than in achieving th...

Happiness Levels and Life Span Development

search for sameness; "a synthesis is the making of a collection, the finding of a pattern ... [W]hen we synthesize, we make a new ...

How Aristotle Defines the Good Life

philosopher, would aid in curtailing discord while broadening the trust that must exist between peoples. Using the Myth of ...

History of Rasselas by Samuel Johnson

only one who is not happy. It is not as if the reader has to identify with him in order to understand the point, which is that no ...

Inaugural Addresses of Jefferson Davis and Abraham Lincoln

judge not, that we be not judged" (Abraham Lincoln: Second Inaugural Address (1865)). In this we sense a sort of equality and a ba...

Discontent and Happiness in Community

people come together for a common purpose and rely upon one another in some way. Therefore, the benefits of a community are a sen...

Overview of the Process of Grouping Things, Places, and People

to the U.S. Constitution. Glorious Revolution: the period 1688-1689 in England, during which time James II was deposed and Willi...

Happiness As Defined by Aristotle, Is It Still Relevant?

achieve this level of human excellence by adhering to the fourteen axioms acts of Nicomachean Ethics, which included gentility, ho...

Happiness Concept of Aristotle

explains that most men identify good, or happiness, with mere pleasure and that is the first type of life. Many are familiar with ...

Happiness, Psychological Health, Scholastic Success, and Intelligence

be a two way argument, There is also little doubt that this did not bring him happiness. With these examples and the...

Marital Emptiness and 'The Empty Nest Syndrome'

find out which empty nester experiences the least amount of stress and the most satisfying transition. It is hoped that the result...

Tolstoy, Virgil, and Homer on Happiness and Erotic Love

in the cave by night, it was she, not he, that would have it so" (Homer V). In this we get the impression that while Ulysses may h...

Philosophers on Happiness

In five pages the views of Sartre, Hegel, Marx, and Plato on happiness are examined in a comparative analysis of their writings. ...

Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert in a Thesis of 2 Parts

In five pages this 2 part thesis on this novel first considers Charles Bovary's role in his wife's adultery and depression and the...

Society and Nature

This paper examines the concept that society has lost much of its humanity and happiness due to loosing touch with nature. This f...

Happiness Perspectives of Langdon Gilkey and Mary Gordon

She realizes that she will have to "invent an existence for myself" (Gordon 5). Isabel falls in love with a married man, and event...

God, Understanding Morality, and David Hume

In five pages David Hume's definition of morality as a sympathy concept is applied to his contention that moral views do not stem ...

Tolerance, Freedom of Speech, and J.S. Mill

in his views. Freedom of speech should be given precedent over the reaction which that speech may cause. This precept has been u...

Rasselas by Samuel Johnson and Clarissa by Samuel Richardson

In three pages this paper compares how happiness is pursued in each of these novels. There is no bibliography provided....

Chapter 5 'Equality and Impartiality' in Utilitarianism by J.S. Mill

In five pages this paper discusses this work's concluding paragraph in an analysis of its meaning regarding equality and happiness...

'Good Life' and Personal Ethics

not to take action. Self-defense is one defense of murder that has not only moral acceptability in our culture, but also excuses ...

Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry and the Theme of Material Happiness and Money

when seen in the context of relationships and the dreams of individual people. Considering the timeframe of the play and th...

Philosophical Perspectives on Passion and Human Happiness

In fourteen pages this paper examines how passion and human happiness were perceived from various philosophers spanning the sixtee...

Happiness and the Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson

In six pages this paper considers Ralph Emerson's influence in terms of style of writing and his transcendentalist concept of happ...

Literature and Happiness Through Virtue

In five pages this paper discusses how happiness can be achieved through virtue as illustrated in Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibil...

'Right Action' and Utilitarianism of J.S. Mill

(4). As he explained in Utilitarianism, this pursuit of the greatest happiness is not based on mere human selfishness, but rather...

Closure in The Films Double Happiness and Breathless

The writer compares and contrasts the narratives and the issue of closure in the films Double Happiness and Breathless. The paper ...

Happiness and the Existentialism of Friedrich Nietzsche

In five pages this paper examines what conditions the German philosopher established pertaining to the human need for happiness as...

Argument That Happiness Cannot Be Purchased with Money

he made suggestions that half of all consumption is wasteful (Lebergott as cited in Stabile 685). Veblen had good company as Adam...