Category: Happiness

Intentional Living The idea of happiness is constantly changing in todays age. While a lot of people think money and fame are the keys to happiness, others believe a simple walk through nature could be just as fulfilling. There is no one answer to this often-asked question. As a society, everyone wants something different out…

Luhrmanns film The Great Gatsby serves as a symbolic tribute to 1920s America. The movie emphasizes a society of materialism and corruption while also portraying a sense of the social structure and spiritual desolation associated with the 1920s. In the movie, Baz Luhrmann uses symbolism and irony to build the theme that materialism breeds unhappiness.…

Despite the thousands of years that separate Aristotle and Confucius from Martin Seligman and Sonja Lyubormirsky, they all highlight that the key aspect to achieving happiness is helping others. They all state that helping others increases our own happiness levels due to the feeling of helpfulness and knowing that we are using the skills and…

Introduction to Wealth and Happiness in “The Great Gatsby” In F. Scott Fitzgeralds novel, The Great Gatsby, the narrator, Nick Carraway, provides insight on the life of the rich during the roaring twenties. Through Carraway, it is revealed to readers how luxuriously the rich live in East and West Egg. He explains Gatsbys life of…

From my perspective, I think the best philosophy of human nature that I have learned from the class is Immanuel Kant compared to other philosopher such as Plato, Aristotle, Thomas Hobbes, Karl Marx, and Freud. Plato was known as the father of idealism and one of the forefathers of philosophy; which is the love of…

Money can give you joy and happiness, but not all happy moments last forever. According to, Gilovich and Leaf Van Boven of the University of Colorado, Doing things can bring us more joy than having things. Our preoccupation with stuff obscures an important truth: the things that dont last create the most lasting happiness. Money…

‘Money cannot buy true happiness’. Some people may say that this adage is no longer relevant because in this 21st century, we cant live without money and without money, we wont be happy. However, I strongly think, that this adage is indeed valid and relevant. In fact, the predominant reason I choose this topic is…

There are regular discussions about how money makes people happier, which is more of a philosophical question, and this discussion topic can be deciphered from several perspectives without yielding a winner in the end, because each contention from both sides will not be correct, but will be a well-considered opinion. The Notion Behind Happiness Is…

Many people will do everything to get some money even the thing that can harm their lives. Some cannot live without money. It has been said that money makes the world go around. That’s the main reason why people kill someone because they are greedy for money. Even we the students, we study hard so…

Introduction ‘Chi cheng!’ the sound of money passed over my ears again. Do you love this kind of sound? Yes, there is someone purchasing something but there is none of my business again. Everyone said, money is not everything, but you can’t do anything without money. Even though there are some people who feel that…