Would you rather be pig happy or socrates unhappy? and why?

Question

a question set for english homework. I am so confused, what does it mean? and what do you think? If it means would i rather be stupid and happy than clever and unhappy, id rather be the first!

Answer 1

I think you understand the question fine. Happiness in a blissful state of unawareness of the world around you ... or questioning everything and being cast into despondency.

I'm divided. The best thing a person can be in the world is happy, and I firmly believe that. But on the other hand, to actually go from being clever and aware of the world around me, to being ignorant ... I could never actually make that decision.

The closest comparison I can think of would be a mentally handicapped person who is happy about the world (Though even they aren't 'pig happy'), and if I think about the way they are often poked fun at, I could not ever 'choose' to be that. Even at the expense of being blissfully happy, I could not bear to think I was talked about the way they often are, and I would not have the courage to ever think I could 'choose' to be that.

Answer 2

It says:wisdom makes you have a better understanding of the world, world sometimes suck,humans are more silly than they think so you realise you are in fact miserable, helpless and ignorant.Socrates said ''εν οίδα, ότι ουδέν οίδα" that means "one thing I know, that I don't know anything".So clever people get unhappy, while a pig that has no concience, no realization of itself and of the reality is happy in his small world where everything is as it thinks.The answer could be varied.You can either say Socrates, because he thinks and he may find solutions and create great things and open the eyes of the other people, or a pig, because it has no concerns, its only troubles are food and sex (just like the person that THEY want to create) and lives happy.But is that happiness true or imaginary and fake?
Hope been helpful! :-))

Answer 3

I think I'd rather be Socrates unhappy, because with all my understanding of things and reasoning capabilities, I could change whatever makes me unhappy.
Even if you were unhappy about the general state of things, you can always have your love of fascination to cheer you up.
Was Socrates always unhappy? I think not. Surely he garnered pleasure teaching his disciples what he painstakingly made clear to his own mind. That he could attract followers in the first place, is a testament that he wasn't always gloomy, just because his wiseness enabled him to see evils.

If I were pig happy, then doesn't that mean I can just as easily change to being pig sad? If I weren't able to understand complexities, then I couldn't value them. A great novel cannot be written featuring characters who were "pig happy." Not an interesting one to me, anyway.

I think you get what the question means. Please share with us your answer. :-)

Answer 4

wise as socrates and unhappy. well, one reason why people become unhappy is that they expect too much, they think that everything in this world is very simple. Well, if you're a wise person then I think you wouldn't be sad because you know the truth.

Answer 5

Socrates unhappy. pleasure isn't nearly as important as being a moral person and having human intelligence. You'd trade your ability to be a good person for some pleasure?

Answer 6

To each their own, without even trying or -thinking- about being judgemental.
I, personally, would rather be knowledgable and unhappy (sorta like I already am ☺) than 'fat, dumb, and happy'. Maybe 'unhappy' is too strong a word. How about 'dissatisfied'?

But that's just me ☺

Doug

Answer 7

id rather be a pig and happy than a wise person who is unhappy.

Answer 8

Isn't the first step in making the world better to know that there is something wrong with the way it is?

"What is to give light must endure burning" Viktor Frankl

Answer 9

Pig happy

Ignorance is bliss