(ProQuest Platnuim- The Secret of Happiness)
http://search.proquest.com/docview/751175738/13510B483563D99A492/4?accountid=6222
(ProQuest Platnium- Happiness: Origins, Forms, and Technical Relevance)
- "happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life, the whole aim and end of human existence" -Aristotle
- the study of genetics led to the research that the ammount of happiness is out of our control.
- people think of happiness as an emotion- but Aristotle never classified it as an emotion.
- for Aristotle, happiness was what he called the telos of human experience, the natural end.
- Sigmund Freud- the father of psychoanalysis, was a physiologist, medical doctor, psychologist and influential thinker of the early twentieth century.
- "The feeling of happiness derived from the satisfaction of a wild instinctual impulse untamed is incomparable more intense than that derived from sating an instinct that has been tamed" -Freud (means that happiness comes from the a spontaneous impulse; instinctual discharge causes happiness and instinctual tension causes displeasure)
- instinct- a natural or innate impulse, inclination, or tendency
- does searching for happiness make you unhappy?
- if its not an emotion, what is it?
- can we control what makes us happy?
Check out this video, you might find it interesting: http://www.ted.com/talks/dan_gilbert_asks_why_are_we_happy.html
ReplyDeleteIn idea you might want to think about is resilience- the ability to "bounce back" in any situation. I've read that some people have more of it than others. I think Mr. Chokshi will have an article that he can lend you. I think looking at that will be beneficial to you because it seems to relate to your questions on our control of our personal happiness.
ReplyDeletethanks Melissa!
DeleteYou made some good points here such as happiness is the meaning of life and the purpose of life. I agree with this because my research has shown that we should be happy in life. My research has also said for us to become happy, we must do the things we enjoy such as our passions. If we follow our passions, we ultimately become more happy.
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