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People find happiness in very different things. And be more careful while using the term "truth" for something that only applies to you and other people similar
by blueflow 11y ago
People find happiness in very different things. And be more careful while using the term "truth" for something that only applies to you and other people similar to you.
- javert 11y agoI meant what I said. Nobody can experience happiness by giving in to whims and random urges without considering the long term. However, the good for a human being does consist in enjoying life and experiencing good emotion. So, this was a false dichotomy: > I'm not arguing that we should completely give ourselves over to our base urges, but acknowledging they exist, that everyone has them, and that they can be a wonderful thing would be a great start. To be specific, the options are not: deny pleasure on the one hand, or give in to short-term base urges on the other hand with no thought to the consequences. That is a false dichotomy.