our problem in this article is ibn miskawayh’s analysis of the nature of happiness, and its methodology is descriptive- analytic. ibn miskawayh considers happiness as “good” and “perfection” with respect to their holders; so, he establishes some inseparability between happiness, and good and perfection. ibn miskawayh has two definitions for the concept of good. he divides this conception into s...

avicenna has presented some divisions of happiness: at the first he defines it as favorite thing per se (intrinsically), and goal in itself. he divides also happiness in one respect into two kinds; the first one is happiness in relation to different powers of soul, and the other is happiness in relation to soul itself. from the other viewpoint he divides happiness into bodily and spiritual and ...

In his book ‘‘The Politics of Happiness’’ Derek Bok argues that happiness should be a goal in public policy. He presents an inventory of social problems in the US with negative effects on happiness, like inadequate education, chronic pain, sleep disorders, depressions, divorce, single-parent families, and financial hardship. He presents interesting options to deal with these problems. He also p...

The work is focused on Josip Osti's book On the Cross of Love, in which author searches for answers to universal question intertwining love (as awakening and celebration life - eros) dying, i.e. death end Thanatos). Through poetry, Osti talks about human nature, fact that we are all, no matter how different from each other, made same elements: mortality, but also a renewing other people. This m...

the belief in allah and having the inclination towards him is of the innate human disposition; and human beings have throughout the history sought to know their god and many have undeservingly applied the quest to false gods whom they have worshiped. in order to know allah, some people liken him to human beings or other creatures and even they attribute a body to him; yet others establish absol...