happiness holds a central position in farabi and aquinas theory of  ethics and politics. both of these philosophers are considered aristotle-oriented and peripatetic. while both regard god’s countenance as real happiness, their methods to reach this goal are separated in a stage and a place. recognizing the insufficiency of intellect,aquinas affirms the necessity of faith and other theological ...

Happiness has been viewed as a temporary emotional state (e.g., pleasure) and a relatively stable state of being happy (subjective happiness level). As previous studies demonstrated that individuals with high subjective happiness level rated their current affective states more positively when they experience positive events, these two aspects of happiness are interrelated. According to a recent...

ROBERT GLYNN practised as a physician at Cambridge throughout the whole of the second half of the eighteenth century. The reputation of the university was then lower than at any time in its history and there were few students. Glynn was one of a small group of men who made an attempt to maintain the continuity of medical teaching at Cambridge. In his day he enjoyed an excellent reputation as a ...

The formal expression of pro positional attitudes, especially when nested (iterated), is an important problem for A I . An interesting first-order extensional logical system for such expression has been proposed by Creary. In this system concepts (and concepts of concepts, etc.) are made explicit. The system includes "concept functions", which are special functions which act on and deliver conc...

We model happiness as an evolutionary instrument designed to motivate the individual towards seeking evolutionarily desirable goals. We assume that happiness is scarce as an incentive instrument, implying that an optimal happiness function will incorporate all the information that is valuable in terms of assessing the effort exerted by the individual. The model provides a formal means to accoun...

The theory that happiness is relative is based on three postulates: (1) happiness results from comparison. (2) standards of comparison adjust, (3) standards of comparison are arbitrary constructs. On the basis of these postulates the theory predicts: (a) happiness does not depend on real quality of life, (b) changes in living-conditions to the good or the bad have only a short-lived effect on h...

happiness is among the concepts which were subject of empirical studies in 1960s. this concept has been used interchangeably with such concepts as joy, satisfaction with life and the like. while meaningfully correlating with the feeling of joy and satisfaction with life, as indicated by numerous researches, the feeling of happiness is affected by different factors and situations. the present re...