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    This document discusses different perspectives on happiness. It defines happiness as both an objective state of having one's needs satisfied and a subjective psychological feeling. It argues that perfect happiness comes from possession of the greatest good. While worldly desires like wealth, health, pleasure, fame and power can provide temporary happiness, Christian philosophers teach that only God can fulfill human desires completely. The document concludes that lasting perfect happiness is only possible in the afterlife, but one can approximate it in this life through faith, love of God and neighbor, and virtue.

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    This document discusses different perspectives on happiness. It defines happiness as both an objective state of having one's needs satisfied and a subjective psychological feeling. It argues that perfect happiness comes from possession of the greatest good. While worldly desires like wealth, health, pleasure, fame and power can provide temporary happiness, Christian philosophers teach that only God can fulfill human desires completely. The document concludes that lasting perfect happiness is only possible in the afterlife, but one can approximate it in this life through faith, love of God and neighbor, and virtue.

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    This document discusses different perspectives on happiness. It defines happiness as both an objective state of having one's needs satisfied and a subjective psychological feeling. It argues that perfect happiness comes from possession of the greatest good. While worldly desires like wealth, health, pleasure, fame and power can provide temporary happiness, Christian philosophers teach that only God can fulfill human desires completely. The document concludes that lasting perfect happiness is only possible in the afterlife, but one can approximate it in this life through faith, love of God and neighbor, and virtue.

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    THE

    MEANING OF
    HAPPINESS
    Happiness is either objective or subjective.
    Objectively, happiness refers to something
    having intrinsic value and capable of satisfying a
    human need. Subjectively, it is psychological
    state of feeling contented resulting from the
    attainment of that which is good in itself.
     The toy (objective) makes the child happy
    (subjective).
    Happiness contributes to the perfection of a
    person. Hence, happiness is not just an emotion or
    something of value but a state a state of being. It is
    the state of perfection arising from the possession of
    what is good. Just as the possession of wealth makes
    an individual a rich man, the possession of the
    greatest good makes a person perfectly happy.
     Now, which is the greatest good that would completely fill up
    all of man’s longing and desires?
    WHAT PEOPLE DESIRE
    1. Money or acquisition of wealth as the ultimate aim
    of their life.
    2. Health and physical beauty as foremost in
    importance.
    3. Worldly pleasures.
    4. Fame and power.
    5. Dedication to the cultivation of science and arts.
    6. Religious Life.
    NATURAL AND SUPERNATURAL HAPPINESS
    Natural happiness is that which is attainable by man through
    the use of his natural powers. Supernatural happiness is that
    which is attainable by man through his powers aided by man
    through his powers aided by the infusion of grace from God.
    Christian Philosophers, St. Augustine and St. Thomas
    Aquinas, teach that since man’s desire is unlimited, nothing
    short of the absolutely perfect good, the “summum bonum” of
    man. Man’s heart is restless until it rest in God, says St.
    Augustine. But perfect and supernatural happiness is possible
    only in the
    afterlife.
    THE ULTIMATE PURPOSE
    The ultimate purpose of human life is the possession of the
    absolutely greatest good. The greatest good in this earthly life
    consist of all values, both material and spiritual , which contribute
    to man’s development as a human being.
    The highest good, according to Aristotle pertains to the intellect.
    He states that:
    “Even if happiness is not sent from heaven, but comes through
    virtue and learning or training, it seems that it is one of the most
    godlike things. The prize and end of virtue appears to be the best
    thing, something godlike and blessed. Happiness will also be the
    reach of everyone , since, through learning and exercise, it can be
    obtained by all who are totally corrupted as regards virtue”.
    The perfect happiness which is absolute and
    lasting is not possible in this life, since man’s
    natural powers are inadequate to fulfill his
    needs. The power of human intellect fails to
    grasp the glory of God. But man may
    approximate and anticipate perfect happiness by
    keeping faith, by loving God and by neighbor ,
    and by practicing virtue.
    DOING GOOD IS HAPPINESS IN ITSELF.
    Who can give us happiness?
    1 Timothy 6:17
    ..but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to
    enjoy.
    How can I be happy?
    Psalms 144:15
    ..happy is that people, whose God is the Lord.
    Where can I find completeness?
    Colossians 2:10
    And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality
    and power.

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