Why were the greeks so fucking obsessed with happiness? Every

Genuinely curious about what else you think we should be seeking

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>>8688362
I assume OP enjoys abstract philosophy that brings no conflict with the established authorities in his life and will bear no effect in his day-to-day life.

We can't all be Socrates.

Because they were anthropocentric. Also that`s because all their gods are human shaped, and the only difference between us and them is inmortality, wich is more a simbolic concept than a literal.
>sorry for my bad english

>>8688357
>Post-antiquity western philosophy was almost never about attaining some retarded comfy state
lul?

>muh autistic categories is more important
There's a reason why Socrates, then later Kierkegaard and Nietzsche, are so important.

Hopefully we will get another soon, so we can get out of our pure distillation of autism (analytics) and pomo nonsense (muh everything in history ever EVER reduces to racism, class conflicts, and sex conflicts!!!)

>>8688357
>he confuses happiness with human flourishing

Classical ethics is more concerned with excellence than pleasure.

>>8688357
>he confuses happiness with agon

>>8688396
it's richard rorty

>>8688357
>he doesn't seek The Good
It seems you're confused, OP

>egotistical

Happiness means minimal exertion, minimal possession, and minimal pride, which mean minimal potential harm to others - the polar opposite of Egotism.

>>8688503
Happiness is the opposite of egotism? Since when?

>>8688536
since the ancient greeks

it isnt even true tho. Seneca straight said, that pain is good, because its means to acquire virtues of character

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>>8688536
Tyrannical man pls go