Great Minds Think Alike Regarding Happiness

You're reading Great Minds Think Alike Regarding Happiness, originally posted on Pick the Brain | Motivation and Self Improvement. If you're enjoying this, please visit our site for more inspirational articles. The French philosopher Rene Descartes once gave the best reason for becoming an avid reader: "The reading of all good books is like conversing with the finest men of past centuries." Sure, one person's "fine" is another person's trash, but few can argue that Einstein qualifies for the short list. What about the man who discovered not only logic and biology, but--get this--, you can even throw zoology and a few other fields in there. That's right, Aristotle single-handedly gave the world a sizable chunk of the fields listed as your curriculum choices. And so, you must wonder, what would a convo with Aristotle sound like in your third ear? Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life, the whole aim and end of human existence. --Aristotle Trying to chat with Aristotle is like holding a convo with a guy whose girl just dumped him. He can never bring himself to stray away from talking about the source of his happiness. But Aristotle is not alone in this regard. From the first opening of eyelids each day to the final shutting of our orbital ___, everything we do aims at happiness. To think otherwise is on par with fancying we eat for the sake of growing hunger or take showers in hopes of washing on filth. In other words, Aristotle's insight is a self-evident truth. So...
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