life is short, what do you think?
2007-08-09 12:58:18 · 22 answers · asked by MOWWIE 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
Happiness is the big picture of your life as a whole. You can't really see it unitl the end. Pleasure is what you find along they way in your journey from birth to death. The key is understanding which pleasures make you happy and which are just cheap filler.
2007-08-09 15:02:59 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Pleasure is the short term joy of the moment.
Happiness is the long term achievement of your values.
Happiness is not simply the lack of negative feelings like pain. It is a positive emotion - deeper than a feeling.
Pleasure does not lead to happiness. In a way, happiness leads to pleasure, but it is an emotion so much deeper than this.
Life is an end in itself. The purpose of happiness is to tell us if we are living life according to our values. Why not be happy? Why not go beyond necessity and the avoidance of pain? This is not a sin! If you do not harm others along the way, but act as a trader, the result to others of your pursuit of happiness will most likely be beneficial. But this is just a consequence of holding your own life as the highest value.
2007-08-09 20:59:29 · answer #2 · answered by ? 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I once read that life is a series of 'sad' moments with sparks of happy ones. And that if life was all happy moments, we wouldn't appreciate our happiness. I agree. I can't say that I'm happy all the time, I tend to be in a relative balance. But when that happy moment comes, it means everything!
Happinness in life is not a constant, but it is a lot more meaningful than pleasure. Pleasure is what you get from reading a good book, from having great food, but it is only temporary.
2007-08-10 14:06:15 · answer #3 · answered by Gaby Q 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hi;
i think 'Ecclesiastes' handels this question well, and will interest you.
its an interesting book of the bible, written by Soloman, who is claimed to have the most wisdom a man could ever have.
It toches on;
# the shortness of life
# What happens when we chase pleasure and happyness
# other like topics.
decide for yourself, cant be that bad of a read if it still influences people today after a few thosand years.
i recomend the NIV or NLT translations or the 'Message'
here is a link with the NLT http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?book_id=25&chapter=1&version=31
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2007-08-09 22:01:30 · answer #4 · answered by Dr. Phil 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Both. Neither. It all depends on how you define the terms. There are some who derive pleasure from helping others / doing good / making a contribution, some who are just naturally happy all the time. There are hedonists who believe that "sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll" fits the bill for both terms and also gives humanity the answer to existence, life, the Universe and everything.
My magic 8-ball says: your answer is cloudy; please ask again later.
2007-08-09 20:05:58 · answer #5 · answered by ren_faire_rose 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How often perceived pleasure or happiness ends in a living hell. Seeking truth would be a better goal. The older I get the more people around me seem to exist in misery.
2007-08-09 21:13:18 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Up to you, do you think struggling for a experience that you will at some point cease to remember worth it?
I am torn between it myself-- I am going to die, therefore I will no longer remember what I've done in my life. It'll be worth nothing as soon as I die, unless what I do makes an impact on future generations.
But what is it worth? At some point, people in whole will all be extinct. What a waste of history, technology, and everything we know and have known. Having all of this just to improve our way of life is not enough to make it worth while for me; I find it a horrible shame that every spectacular human creation and achievement will someday never be known about.
2007-08-09 20:47:04 · answer #7 · answered by Greek 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you know a little about hormones, you'll know that both are the same thing under different names due to the context of getting them.
If you optimize (NOT maximize) your seratonin & endorphin levels, your body will function a lot better, resulting in the culmination of the feeling we call serenity, which is to be maintained at all costs.
That all leads to another important question though; do our cells serve us or do *we* serve our cells? One wonders...
2007-08-09 20:56:35 · answer #8 · answered by Antichrist 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Happiness will lead to pleasure, or vice versa
2007-08-09 21:56:27 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pleasure is fleeting. Happiness is a state of being.
A moment of true joy is worth a lifetime of both.
2007-08-09 20:20:15 · answer #10 · answered by Jewel 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋