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The Purpose Of Life Is Not Happiness: It’s Usefulness
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Carlo Grete
Carlo Grete
Sep 8, 2018 · 1 min read

You are mistaking happiness for satisfaction. You are right in that satisfying your desires does not lead to long lasting happiness. This does not mean that happiness does not require cultivation. I believe any philosophy claiming happiness to be irrelevant to be profoundly unhelpful.

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