The Quest for Happiness: From Boethius to Marie de France and Heinrich Kaufringer The Meaning of the Humanities Today and in the Future

As much as money has always seemed to rule world, in reality many other criteria have really determined human life providing meaning, guidance, and relevance, such the quest for happiness. Happiness can be expressed different ways finds expression a myriad of ways, including through literature. Hence, we need differentiate between spiritual material happiness, thus establish significant concepts about various layers meaning life. Only Humanities-based study program offer relevant perspectives, teachings from past order cope with issues today tomorrow. This paper draws on selection major literary philosophical contributions late antiquity fifteenth century illustrate this most important insight, which redirects our attention Humanities one central areas academy today. evanescent happiness might be, ultimately there proves no more topic all existence.