Review Paper
Year: 2020 | Month: February | Volume: 7 | Issue: 2 | Pages: 85-91
The Idea of Happiness: A Study with the Perspective of Epicurus
Shantaraj Debbarma
Asst. Professor of Philosophy, Adwaita Malla Barman Smriti Mahavidyalaya, Amarpur, Tripura.
ABSTRACT
Happiness means the peace of mind, it is an apprehension, and the happy life means the pleasant life. Pleasure is the road which leads us into the happiness. One may live his life with pleasure, but may not get the happiness. For happiness the knowledge is very much required. Living with Wise, Well and Justice is the mantra to live a happy life. Furthermore we have to mould our way of thinking, our thought process, and our arguments philosophically in order to achieve happiness. Not only that we have to know our limitation and act accordingly. Our desire give us pleasure, but our desire also give us pain. So we should desire in such a way that desire cannot gives the pain. We should live simple basic life instead of luxurious life for living happy life. What is happiness, what is the way to get the happiness, what kind of life we should live to achieve the happiness in life, what is the role of pleasure in happiness are the some points which are discusses here with the perspectives of Epicurus.
Keywords: Epicurus, happiness, idea
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