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Pleasure (i.e. self-reported, short-term happiness) and actualisation/flourishing seem to be very different things to me. Or at least that's one of the lessons
by n4r9 6y ago
Pleasure (i.e. self-reported, short-term happiness) and actualisation/flourishing seem to be very different things to me. Or at least that's one of the lessons I learned from the novel Brave New World.
- bladegash 6y agoI haven’t read the book you mentioned, but from my opinion derived after studying Maslow and Rogers, is that actualization refers to the result of factors leading to a fully functioning human, and by proxy, a happy/content/at peace one. If you ever get a chance, look into some of Maslow’s explanations on the characteristics of an individual who has self-actualizated. There are other interesting humanistic psychologists such as Dabrowski that are fascinating as well.
- n4r9 6y ago> happy/content/at peace Is that the same as immediate pleasure though?