How to be happy? Farabi (an 11th century Turkish-Islamic philosopher) says a virtous life is a happy life and he mentions the following four basic virtues:
(a)Theoretical virtues: Understand the world : Pursue maths and other positive sciences
(b)Deliberative virtues: Have a purpose in life
(c) Moral virtues: Have a moral compass
(d) Practical arts: You have to be creating something useful for your fellow men.
These are intertwined of course. For example, the direction of your moral compass is related to your purpose in life because the two should be in agreement for a happy person.
For what is worth, this is my contribution to your excellent essay on this Saturday morning.
thank you Halim amca - it means a lot coming from you.
I have never seen Farabi's message before but it does resonate well - thanks for sharing. It's interesting that someone from the 11th century was able to define 21st century happiness back then, yet we still act as if we don't have the answers. Like many things, we try to remedial with band-aid solutions, rather than addressing the core issues.
This was amazing, Eren. I love that example of Cam. I hope he’s happy now. Also, so cool to be spreading this message AND a possible algorithm for folks to find a way out. You’re doing such great work!
I’m excited to see what you got cooking behind the scenes, too :)
Very good essay Eren, as always.
How to be happy? Farabi (an 11th century Turkish-Islamic philosopher) says a virtous life is a happy life and he mentions the following four basic virtues:
(a)Theoretical virtues: Understand the world : Pursue maths and other positive sciences
(b)Deliberative virtues: Have a purpose in life
(c) Moral virtues: Have a moral compass
(d) Practical arts: You have to be creating something useful for your fellow men.
These are intertwined of course. For example, the direction of your moral compass is related to your purpose in life because the two should be in agreement for a happy person.
For what is worth, this is my contribution to your excellent essay on this Saturday morning.
thank you Halim amca - it means a lot coming from you.
I have never seen Farabi's message before but it does resonate well - thanks for sharing. It's interesting that someone from the 11th century was able to define 21st century happiness back then, yet we still act as if we don't have the answers. Like many things, we try to remedial with band-aid solutions, rather than addressing the core issues.
Thank you. It's worth a lot to me.
This was amazing, Eren. I love that example of Cam. I hope he’s happy now. Also, so cool to be spreading this message AND a possible algorithm for folks to find a way out. You’re doing such great work!
I’m excited to see what you got cooking behind the scenes, too :)
thank you so much mate. I appreciate you reading and the kind words. I hope my thoughts can help people as they've helped me :)
That's why sitting with your thoughts, facing boredom and become self aware is more important than ever. This was a good read, Eren.