Does pleasure equal happiness?
The absence of pain is equal to happiness.
To those who have created nothing of value, it is. Once you have created something valuable, the joy of creation overwrites any presumption of what happiness truly means to you. For most people this is their first child being born for example.
>>18050452This is a nice one>>18050456 A lot of words to basically say that pleasure equals happiness
>>18050433>Does pleasure equal happiness?No, pleasure equals pleasure. There's tons of people walking around today that experience constant pleasure and are completely fucking miserable. An odd combination of contentedness, comfort, and satisfaction, equal happiness.
>>18050433No ,only radical hedonists can believe in it.
>>18050433Without defining "happiness" its a meaningless question, might as well ask what's the best color
>>18050452Me when I avoid spicy food because I refuse to accept even a little bit of pain
Pleasure is happiness. Epicurus argued that the highest good is the maximization of pleasure, but he emphasized moderate, sustainable pleasures.
happiness is anger
>>18052363>the highest good is the maximization of pleasure, but he emphasized moderate, sustainable pleasures.that's an oxymoron
>>18050433No, this is a purely liberal concept, that has no bearing on reality whatsoever. Then again liberals are also the same people who think we should believe in human rights because it's a 'useful fiction'. One day, historians will completely break their minds over the liberal world order and how such a bizarre way of thinking could flourish in the first place
>>18053048this is the stupidest fucking thing i've read on here since 2015
>>18050433Are you truly happy when you scratch an itch?
