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    Philosophical concepts of happiness according to Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle. Socrates believed that true happiness comes from living virtuously and having self-knowledge, not from external factors like wealth or pleasure. Plato saw happiness as the goal of morality, attained through practicing virtues like temperance, courage, wisdom and justice. For Aristotle, happiness (eudaimonia) was the highest human good, achieved through living excellently according to reason and virtue, not for rewards but as the ideal activity of the soul.

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    Philosophical concepts of happiness according to Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle. Socrates believed that true happiness comes from living virtuously and having self-knowledge, not from external factors like wealth or pleasure. Plato saw happiness as the goal of morality, attained through practicing virtues like temperance, courage, wisdom and justice. For Aristotle, happiness (eudaimonia) was the highest human good, achieved through living excellently according to reason and virtue, not for rewards but as the ideal activity of the soul.

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    Philosophical

    Meaning of Happiness

    Jeric B. Batas
    Prayer before study, St. Thomas

    Creator of all things, true source of light and wisdom,


    origin of all being,
    graciously let a ray of your light penetrate the darkness
    of my understanding.
    Take from me the double darkness in which I have
    been born,
    an obscurity of sin and ignorance.
    Give me a keen understanding,
    a retentive memory,
    Prayer before study, St. Thomas

    and the ability to grasp things correctly and


    fundamentally.
    Grant me the talent of being exact in my explanations
    and the ability to express myself with thoroughness
    and charm.
    Point out the beginning, direct the progress,
    and help in the completion. 
    I ask this through Jesus Christ our Lord.
    St. Dominic and St. Thomas – pray for us.
    Objectives
    Explain the philosophical nature and the 
    attainments of happiness; 
    dissect the philosophical concept and 
    meaning of happiness according to Socrates, 
    Plato and Aristotle; 
    distinguish helpful notion of happiness in the 
    development of values formation of the 
    students.
    Are you happy?
    Socrates on Happiness
    • Happiness flows not from physical or 
    external conditions, such as bodily pleasures 
    or wealth and power, but from living a life 
    that’s right for your soul, your deepest good.
    •only people with self-knowledge could find 
    true happiness.
    •to be happy you need to know what’s good 
    for you
    Plato on Happiness
    • Happiness or well-being is the highest aim of moral 
    thought and conduct and virtues (arete: Excellence) are 
    the requisite skills and dispositions needed to attain it.
    • happy persons are those who are moral and follow the 
    four cardinal values (temperance, fortitude, prudence, 
    justice) 
    • a happy person is one who has principles and sticks to 
    them; he/she uses and practices these principles in order 
    to become a better person and better member of society.
    Aristotle on Happiness

    Happiness (eudaemonia) is the


    highest human good, the only human
    good that is desirable for its own
    sake (as an end in itself) rather than
    for the sake of something else (as a
    means toward some other end).
    Aristotle on Level of Happiness
    1. Laetus
    • happiness from material objects/things or simply a sensual gratification

    2. Felix
    • happiness from ego gratification or happiness from comparison: being better, more admired than 
    others

    3. Beatitudo
    • happiness from doing good for others and making the world a better place; based on the human 
    desire for connection, meaning, compassion, friendship, goodness and unity.

    4. Sublime Beatitudo
    • ultimate, perfect happiness; search for fullness and perfection; a connection to the larger universe-
    transcendence
    Aristotle on Happiness
    • Happiness is a life that is being well led through 
    virtue, living well and acting well
    • it is only be becoming excellent (virtuous) that one 
    could achieve eudaimonia, a sort of blessedness that 
    constitutes the best kind of human life
    • It is an activity (way of doing things rather than a 
    reward) of the soul in accordance with perfect virtue
    • it is the ultimate goal of human existence because it is 
    the only thing we do only for itself.
    Plato and Aristotle on Happiness
    • both believed in having a system of 
    values and sticking to it to achieve 
    happiness
    • both believed in living by the mean-
    making choices and acting in the 
    middle ground between excess and 
    depravity.
    Application of these Philosophical Ideas
    • Have Principles (moral code) and stick to it
    •  Live in or be mindful of the present
    •  Live with what you have
    •  Try balance (the mean)

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