What is happiness? A question that human race has been trying to figure out for centuries. From Plato's "The Allegory of the Cave" to hundreds of recent experiments on human behavior such as "The Marshmallow Test", researchers and philosophers have came up with lots of definition of happiness from different point of views. Everything happens for a reason, and one thing can trigger another thing to create a chain effect, so it is people's decision to make the connection of two specific events, and that's also how happiness forms. Happiness is caused by a series of related events combined. It could be either a side product of a process but it could also be the result of it. The description of happiness varies, but the production of happiness is always depend on a chain effect that happen in people's life on a daily bases.The Way Things Go by Peter Fischli and David Weiss and The Production Line of Happiness by Christopher Williams will be discussed in the following paragraphs.
The Way Things Go (German: Der Lauf der Dinge) is a 1987 art film by the Swiss artist duo Peter Fischli and David Weiss. It documents a long causal chain assembled of everyday objects, resembling a Rube Goldberg machine (Fischli 1987). The film starts with a black garbage bag tight on a pole slowly spinning down and push the tire and triggers the whole event. This experiment was set in a factory of some sort. All the windows are covered by white sheets, all the pipes are exposed, and the interior lights are relatively dark. The tire runs down and hit the ladder and the ladder slides down and hits a desk that cause it to roll down and hit the air mattress. This chain effect continues for 30 minutes including the use of many chemical reactions and fireworks. The whole experiment is an epitome of people's life, it has its ups and downs, going uphill and going downhill, but people can always figure out a method to climb uphill, no matter how slowly the process is.
What is more important is to find ways to lead to happiness. ... It got me wonder what is happiness and how do I achieve happiness? The answer was never clear until I met this special friend of mine who taught me the true meaning of happiness. ... "So, tell me, what is your definition of happiness?" ... It was then that I understand the true meaning of happiness. ...
This "right" of happiness cannot be looked at as an idle form of personal pleasure, because it is the type of happiness that governments can institute and protect. It is also not feasible to simply regard this mention of happiness as the happiness found in security for that is mentioned later on in the Declaration. ... Happiness is the final goal. The pursuit of happiness is in the hands of the individual; however, government has the power to restrict or increase one's happiness. ... This sheds a new light on the meaning of happiness in this document for this usage cannot be interpreted ...
Happiness My father once asked me what I thought the meaning of life was. Being only 10 or so I proudly replied "happiness."" ... He said, "What about a man who finds happiness in killing someone?... For instance, I base most of my happiness on family. ... Their role in my life is vital to my happiness. ...
Pinel What is happiness? ... The greatest good is happiness. ... We do not seek happiness as a mean for other ends, we do thing as a mean for happiness. What constitutes happiness? ... There are ten things to find true happiness which are: Pleasure people thinks is the meaning of true happiness because just as happiness is search as a end not as a mean. ...
INTRODUCTION There is a wise saying out there that states ninety per cent of our happiness or misery depends on whom we marry. ... They exist on many levels, meet many needs, and provide meaning to our life pursuits. ... Ask yourself what this relationship has cost you: your confidence, your happiness, your integrity or your spirit? ... Start being a best friend to yourself and realize that your source of happiness is not in others; it's inside you. ...
Eudaimonia and happiness are often thought of as synonyms, but this is a clear and common misconception. Happiness only makes up a piece of eudaimonia. ... Directly translated from Ancient Greek, Eudaimonia means "good spirit" ("eu" meaning "good" and "daimōn" meaning "spirit,") but Aristotle more often interprets the word as "flourishing.... However, a person cannot flourish by just holding happiness within them. ... He generally defines eudaimonia to allow more people to achieve true happiness after death. ...
What is happiness? Can happiness truly be defined? The dictionary tells us that it is the state of being happy. But that doesn't tell us much. Happiness is different to every individual on this planet. Different things makes different people happy so the dictionary is forced to be vague. Happiness i...
Happiness is the ultimate goal because it is desirable in itself for no other reason, meaning that there is no reason to achieve happiness other than to be happy. ... By this definition happiness is more complete than anything else. ... But once to the point of happiness there is nothing further. People don't gain happiness to be in love or they don't gain happiness to be free. ... Happiness is the end. ...
Finding his goal is living with his family happily, the photographer used this scene to imply a family serving God with its own happiness. And that is their wisdom, finding their happiness and serving God. ... In communication learning, this may refer to the codes which always imply a deeper meaning. ... Not just in the biblical meaning, but this picture with its title "look through and back to your childhood" has also got a profound meaning. ... You need diverse communicating skills so that you can understand the internal meaning of the sign. ...
