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Accomplishments and Happiness - Term Papers

Accomplishments and Happiness

Classic liberal thought holds that given proper knowledge of what one is able to accomplish as an individual is the same as the pursuit of happiness. The individual must be free in order to pursue happiness which is directed by the power of critical choice and conscience. The roots of liberal thought on the individual is the ancient Greek concept of eudaimonism, a philosophy of self knowledge and self actualization, in other words to know yourself and to be yourself. Many liberals did not believe that each individual in every case would choose to be his or herself, but they have to be free of constraints so that they can have the possibility to make choices about who they are as an ...

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that restricts the power potential of man, and this infinite is the Absolute. Thus, all struggle for existence is a longing for the bliss of the Absolute. The survival of the fittest is achieving the consciousness of the Absolute and the value of life is the realization of this highest consciousness. According to Political and moral philosophers, Hegel and Whitehead, all beings discover their meaning in realms of consciousness which gradually transcends individuality and point to the existence of the Absolute.[1]

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[1] Krishnananda, Swami. "Studies in Comparative Philosophy." Swami Krishnananda Web Site 21 Feb. 2003. < ...

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Added: 10/27/2015 07:33:56 AM
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