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🧵Plato's Advice on How to be Happy? Ditch The Delusions
The happiness trap refers to a psychological phenomenon where individuals strive for an elusive and unsustainable state of happiness, often pursuing fleeting pleasures or external validation.
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The happiness trap refers to a psychological phenomenon where individuals strive for an elusive and unsustainable state of happiness, often pursuing fleeting pleasures or external validation.
#philosophy
It involves a cycle of perpetual dissatisfaction and disillusionment, as genuine contentment is overshadowed by the constant pursuit of short-lived gratification.
Plato might describe the happiness trap as a state of perpetual dissatisfaction and delusion.
He may argue that individuals fall into the happiness trap when they mistakenly pursue transient and superficial pleasures, driven by their senses and immediate gratification.
According to Plato, true happiness lies in the pursuit of virtue and the cultivation of a harmonious and virtuous soul, rather than chasing fleeting pleasures that lead to emptiness and dissatisfaction.
In Plato's view, escaping the happiness trap requires a deeper understanding of the nature of true happiness and a commitment to living a life guided by moral principles and the pursuit of wisdom.
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