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> a constancy of purpose is key towards a successful and happy life. Shouldn't your purpose have a meaning per se? You don't want to be Don Quixote.
by grondilu 9y ago
> a constancy of purpose is key towards a successful and happy life.
Shouldn't your purpose have a meaning per se? You don't want to be Don Quixote.
- LyndsySimon 9y ago> You don't want to be Don Quixote. It's been a while since I read the book, but I don't recall Don Quixote as being particularly unhappy. If anything, he was significantly happier than those around him, because he had a purpose. If you choose to make your purpose in life to solve a problem that matters and is in fact solvable, then perhaps choosing the right problem is a large part of your life's meaning.
- grondilu 9y agoDisclaimer : I never read the book, but it's so famous the character seemed to me like a decent analogy to what I was trying to say. Don Quixote has a goal, but he's also completely delusional. Is it ok to live in delusion if that brings you happiness? Shouldn't happiness be grounded in some sort objectivity? Otherwise, what's to stop people from seeking a chemical path to happiness? Like with drugs, as with the soma in "brave new world"?