Happiness 
.... the
happiness that may or may not result from that action, but
happiness is likely .... comes from knowing one is serving others, the truth, and one's
God as that ....
(1446
6
)
Boethius and Philosophy
.... leads the philosopher to see that the things of this world lead not to
happiness but to misery, and that the only source of true and lasting
happiness is
God. ....
(2271
9
)
The Pursuit of Happiness
.... Again, the Christian perspective is that material goods will not bring
happiness, but only the sense that
God is in ultimate control of life and death, and the ....
(1665
7
)
The God of Small Things
.... It is these things one must cling to and savor to find meaning and
happiness in a harsh existence, which is why the author argues that a
god has created the ....
(1246
5
)
Epicurus and Thomas Aquinas
.... Thus, delight cannot be the last end. Aquinas' arguments converge on the tenet that "man's ultimate
happiness consists in contemplating
God. ....
(960
4
)
Essay on Man
.... Only when we use reflection, reason, and kindness to others will be build communities that mirror the desire of
God for our bliss and
happiness in our proper ....
(778
3
)
Differing Conceptioins of Happiness
.... Confucianism speaks of human behavior and does not speak of
God or of an afterlife, so
happiness has to be found in right behavior in this world. ....
(3993
16
)
Psalm 119
.... or not. As Burkett states it, "The
happiness God gives is experienced as a result of applying the moral law to our lives. It is ....
(3055
12
)
Aristotle and Happiness
.... or perhaps opportunity, to engage in extended contemplation on
God or anything .... life." Factors that bear scrutiny in the externalization of
happiness are the ....
(1600
6
)
Influence of Greek Philosophy on Chrisitan Theology
.... the interpreter). He sees
happiness as something
god-given, almost as if Man had no control over
happiness at all. Then, he makes ....
(1262
5
)
Moral theories of Mill & Kant
.... emerge.
God may be used or abused as easily as the utilitarians use or abuse the concept of pleasure or
happiness. However, without ....
(1839
7
)
God
.... Truly, this common-sense and empirically based viewpoint of
God and spirituality do more to invest one with hope and the pursuit of
happiness in life than any ....
(3610
14
)
Acts 17:16-34
.... of
happiness isn't far removed from the gospel; however, the difference is where the source of that wisdom and
happiness is derived from -
God himself, not the ....
(2243
9
)
Hume's Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion
.... tries to argue (based on information from a world full of suffering and evil, which appear to clearly overwhelm
happiness and goodness) that
God is infinitely ....
(1576
6
)
Philo in David Hume's Dialogues
.... tries to argue (based on information from a world full of suffering and evil, which appear to clearly overwhelm
happiness and goodness) that
God is infinitely ....
(1595
6
)
Religion in Brave New World
.... This incompatibility between
God and universal
happiness is another of the issues Huxley addresses through the use of his World State. ....
(957
4
)
The Church in America & Protagonist of Rabbit, Run
.... While Augustine chides him for seeking rest outside
God, Aquinas considers that one does not have real rest or real
happiness apart from
God, and so never in ....
(2337
9
)
Moral Theories of Aristotle, Mill & Kant
.... approach is reasonable, but it ignores
God's will and puts all power for defining morality in terms of man's definition of "pleasure" or "
happiness." Mill also ....
(2087
8
)
Thomas Hobbes
.... supernaturally (Hobbes 179). The
happiness which this earthly
god will bring stands in contrast to the war of the state of nature. ....
(1644
7
)
ARISTOTLE'S ESSAY ON THE NATURE OF ETHICS
.... the interpreter). He sees
happiness as something
god-given, almost as if Man had no control over
happiness at all. Then, he makes ....
(783
3
)
Women Reformers & Writers
.... living for a man, "woman has more or less been made a means to promote the welfare of men, without due regard to her own
happiness, and the glory of
God as the ....
(1286
5
)
Camus' The Outsider
.... which
God is dead and destiny is a human affair need not be an unhappy world. From the individual recognition of the absurdity of life emerges a
happiness that ....
(1783
7
)
Descartes' Meditations
.... Ultimately, the "immense light" that is
God is the source of
happiness for man, and it is the contemplation of "the divine majesty" that will allow the ....
(1521
6
)
Happiness
.... it is as difficult to define as are the concepts of love and what is
God? This analysis will look at the beliefs and attempts to define
happiness of the ....
(1222
5
)
The Prince & The Grand Inquisitor
.... concern himself with the welfare of his subjects, which includes their "
happiness," and should .... knows, it is with the human heart and soul that
God and Jesus ....
(1372
5
)
"Dover Beach" and "God's Grandeur"
.... people in Hopkins' time were also being led to believe that total
happiness was possible .... Thus, in a very real sense, Hopkins saw the immanence of
God in the ....
(3075
12
)
Argument Against St. Augustine's Beliefs
.... he somehow found a way out of the eternal human dilemma of finding
happiness in a world of impermanence. Augustine's first presumption is that "
God" created us ....
(559
2
)
Essays on Ethics Theory & Contemporary Issues
.... For these reasons, in order to secure these inalienable,
God-given rights for .... to gain protection of life, liberty and the pursuit of
happiness via government ....
(2124
8
)
The Elements of Moral Philosophy
.... overall consequences for everyone concerned (80)." In this, the most
happiness is produced .... of the corporeal, swiftly wrenches ethics out of the hands of
God. ....
(1030
4
)
Pieper Happiness & Work
There is little if any connection between
happiness and work as we know it in .... leisure—a leisure that allows time for the contemplation of the nature of
God. ....
(459
2
)
