Happiness


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1 The desire for happiness, its naturalness and universality.
2 The understanding of happiness, definitions and myths.
3 The marks of a happy man, the quality of a happy life.
4 The content of a happy life, the parts or constituents of happiness.
5 The contribution of the goods of fortune to happiness, wealth, health, longevity Pleasure and happiness.
6 Virtue in relation to happiness.
7 The role of honor in happiness.
8 The importance of friendship and love for happiness.
9 The effect of political power or status on happiness.
10 The function of knowledge and wisdom in the happy life, the place of speculative activity and contemplation.
11 The argument concerning happiness as a first principle of morality, the conflicting claims of duty and happiness.
12 The pursuit of happiness.
13 Man's capacity for happiness, differences in human nature with respect to happiness.
14 The attainability of happiness, the fear of death and the tragic view of human life.
15 The social aspects of happiness, the doctrine of the common good.
16 The happiness of the individual in relation to the happiness or good of other men.
17 The happiness of the individual in relation to the welfare of the state, happiness in relation to government and diverse forms of government.
18 The happiness of men in relation to the gods or the afterlife.
19 The distinction between temporal and eternal happiness.
20 The effects of original sin, the indispensability of divine grace for the attainment of natural happiness.
21 The imperfection of temporal happiness, its failure to satisfy natural desire.
22 Eternal beatitude, the perfection of human happiness.
23 The beatific vision.
24 The joy of the blessed, the communion of saints.
25 The misery of the damned.
26 The beatitude of God.


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