This is not obvious.

Hermes Solenzol

Feb 29, 2020·1 min read

This is not obvious. It is only true inasmuch virtue is able to provide meaning, which, again, is not a given. Furthermore, there is more to happiness than just meaning.

Hermes Solenzol

UCLA professor. Neuroscientist doing research on pain. Writes about science, philosophy, politics and kinky sex. https://sexsciencespirit.blogspot.com/

… a better grasp of what “happiness” and “virtue” mean, here is the Stoic move: happiness is virtue! In the sense that a happy (i.e., meaningful) life is one in which we strive to be the best persons we can, regardless of what the universe throws at us. So the answer to the question: “why do Stoics focus on virtue rather than happiness?” is that Stoic…

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