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RE: Two Types of Happiness: Hedonistic and Eudaimonic Happiness

in #philosophy7 years ago

I've recently been reading more into this happiness state of mind that is shoved down our throats from day 1. " If you're not happy you must fix it" "feeling bad/down is not normal" I feel an individuals happiness has become not so much individual but a projection. People are not happy for themselves. They are happy if others perceive them to be happy. This type of happiness would fall under hedonistic. I prefer the Eudaimonic form of happiness as ones direct attention is not on being happy but happiness becomes a byproduct. Thanks for sharing those terms and bringing up this thought process.